Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China have signed bilateral agreements on the requirements of honey and rapeseed meal exports from Ukraine to China, according to the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection. “During the Seventh Session of the Ukrainian-Chinese Subcommittee on Agricultural Cooperation, held in Beijing on November 27 a…
Passenger flow at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) decreased by 7.4% in January-November compared to the relevant period in 2018, the press service of the airport wrote on its Facebook page. “In January-November Kyiv International Airport serviced 2.414 million passengers, down by 7.4% YoY,” reads the report. The number of passengers serviced on international…
Azerbaijan is Russia’s main trading partner in the South Caucasus and the trade turnover between the two countries will reach $3 billion, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a press conference in Baku following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. “The trade turnover between our countries continues to grow and is expected…
SEB Bank clients who have a mobile phone with Android OS are now able to pay for goods and services using their phones. It is possible to use mobile phones for transactions up to EUR 150 in Latvia and abroad using contact-free terminals, the bank reports. To use a smartphone for transactions, it is necessary…
The state-owned electricity generator Eesti Energia has reduced its CO2 emissions by 50% YoY, the company says, and has tripled its renewables energy production over the same period. Hando Sutter, CEO of Eesti Energia, made the announcement, adding that the European Commission’s climate neutrality target for 2050 was achievable, even if oil shale production continued…
In October the average nominal wage in Ukraine made up UAH 10,727, up by 16.4% YoY, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “In October the average nominal wage of a full-time employee of enterprises, institutions and organizations was UAH 10,727, up 2.6-fold from the minimum wage (UAH 4,173). The average nominal wage increased…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) fined JSC European Industrial Bank, JSC Megabank, JSC Radabank JSC and JSC Oschadbank in November for the violation of legislation in the field of financial monitoring, the NBU’s press service has reported. “The National Bank of Ukraine, following the results of inspections on preventing and combating the legalization (laundering)…