Saudi Arabian ACWA Power (ACWA) has won another international energy tender in Uzbekistan. A developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation, renewable energy and desalinated water production plants, offered a tariff of 2.5695 cents per kWh of generated electricity. The reserve winner was Masdar (UAE) with a tariff of 2.655 cents.…
Bread price may increase by 10 tetri (3.22 cents) from October in Georgia, Malkhaz Dolidze, head of the Georgian Bread Bakers Association, has announced. He said unfavorable forecasts regarding the supply of wheat in the rural market and the reduction of stocks in Georgia might be reflected on the bread prices in a few months.…
Milk production in Ukraine shrank by 6.2% YoY in January-August, to 6.04 million tons, the State Statistics Service reported. Agricultural enterprises produced 1.85 million tons of milk (-1.4%) and households produced 4.19 million tons of milk (-8.3%). The largest amount of milk over the period under review was produced in Poltava region – 486,100 tons…
Last year, direct investment of Lithuanian business in Ukraine amounted to EUR 180 million, mostly in the financial sector and trade. “Last year, Lithuanian business invested EUR 180 million in Ukraine, in particular, in financial sector, insurance, wholesale and retail trade. In addition, the trade turnover between our countries reached 1 billion 200 thousand euros,”…
Uzbekistan exported a total of 9,600 tons of apricots worth $8.2 million in January-July. Exports were carried out to the markets of eight foreign countries. The largest volume of Uzbek apricots was delivered to Kazakhstan (4,200 tons), followed by Russia (3,600 tons) and Kyrgyzstan (1,500 tons). Ukraine purchased 243.3 tons, with UAE importing 1.7 tons.…
The Lithuanian government has backed significant changes to the traffic rules with novelties such as cycling streets, A+ driving lanes and special traffic lights for public transport. The government passed the amendments on September 15. According to the planned changes from June 2022, some streets in town centers and resorts can be designated as “bicycle…
In Latvia, every citizen and permanent resident has to have the right to open a bank account, otherwise one of a person’s democratic freedoms is not respected, says Saeima opposition legislator Janis Urbanovics. According to him, since the Latvian financial sector control institutions and procedures have experienced a far-reaching reform to phase out money laundering…