The Economy Ministry is working on bringing the draft law on reforming the corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in line with international best practices, Deputy Economy Minister Kristina Holubytska has said at the round table discussion “Corporate Governance of SOEs in Ukraine: A Review of Ukraine’s position against the OECD SOE Guidelines”. “Today, we work…
The market price of electricity will come to fluctuate to a greater degree as countries switch to renewable energy and close coal and oil shale power plants. Kalev Kallemets, CEO of nuclear plant project company Fermi Energia, predicts that prices will continue to rise, while Estonian transmission network operator Elering disagrees. The past week saw…
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade during the first five months of 2021 expanded to $14.6 billion, or by 13.2% YoY. Exports of goods increased by 45.9%, while gold exports dipped by 27.2%. The export of services amounted to $5.7 billion. In the reporting period, the country imported $8.8 billion worth of goods, up by $1 billion YoY.…
According to the forecast of Tajikistan’s main macroeconomic indicators for 2021-2023, the republic plans to increase imports of mineral fertilizers. For example, this year, Tajikistan will import about 170.5 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers, up by 2.9% YoY. The volume of imports of these products will annually grow due to the lack of own production…
This year municipal company Riga Forests plans to participate in a youth employment program organized by the State Employment Agency (NVA). The company intends to offer summer jobs to 136 youngsters, as confirmed by Riga Forests. In June, July and August youngsters aged 15 to 19 years will be able to work in gardens and…
An agreement was signed with KAMAZ company on study of bus production in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Energy and Industry reported. The document was signed by the Minister of Energy and Industry Doskul Bekmurzaev, General Director of Shydyr Zhol KG LLC Toktobubu Orgalchi and the General Director of KAMAZ enterprise Sergey Kogogin. According to the…
In January-May, trade turnover between Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China increased by 48% YoY, to over $7.4 billion. Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong said this at a press conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China and Ukraine. The diplomat emphasized that these were…