Georgia: anti-flu vaccines purchases to grow

Georgia will purchase double amount of anti-flu vaccines for 2019-2020 and this will be 80,000 vaccines instead of the 41,000 purchased for 2018-2019, head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze has reported. “The supply we had for 2018-2019 is almost used. In the autumn, before the new season, we will purchase 80,000 vaccines,”…

Latvia: Port of Liepaja throughput up in 2018

Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in 2018 climbed by 24.4% YoY, to 7,537,600 tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period, transshipment of grain grew by 20.9%, to 3,034,400 tons, anthracite – by 22.6%, to 1.47 million tons, and construction materials – by 21.9%, to 762,400 tons, while transshipment of oil…

Ukraine: foreign reserves up in 2018

Ukraine’s international reserves in 2018 grew by 10.6% YoY, to $20.820 billion, updating a five-year record, according to the National Bank. The last time such figures were reported was in October 2013. The regulator said the reserves were successfully accumulated due to Ukraine securing external financing and the NBU buying up the excessive currency on…

Turkmenistan: retail sale of alcohol limited

The Law on Prevention of Harmful Effects of Alcohol, signed by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, came into force in Turkmenistan. The law defines a legal, organizational and economic framework for the government policy in this area. Trade entities are prohibited from selling alcohol on non-working holidays (except for the provision of catering services) and memorable…