It has been decided to shut down all international passenger services starting from March 17, as announced by Latvia’s Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins after an extraordinary meeting of the government. The shutdown extends to the railway, airport and buses. People who wish to return home from Latvia or return to Latvia will be able to…
Meat production increased in Kazakhstan, Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov declared at a Government hour in Majilis. “Production of meat in slaughter weight in 2019 increased by 5.8% and amounted to 1.1 million tons,” said Saparkhan Omarov. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, over the past 5 years the number of cattle in the country…
Ukraine has not suspended international freight transportation operations, according to Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Kryklii. “The movement of cargo transportation continue to operate. Ports, freight transportation by air and see, international transportation operate. We have not suspended the movement of goods,” Kryklii emphasized. The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)…
The National Bank of Ukraine sees no grounds for default on Ukraine’s obligations, says Yakiv Smolii, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine. “We see no grounds for such developments and don’t consider today the option of default for Ukraine,” Smolii told reporters in Kyiv. (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)
In 2019 the share of households who paid for usual necessary expenses with difficulty or great difficulty constituted 28.6%, down by 7.1% YoY. The share of households making ends meet with some difficulty or fairly easily increased between 2018 (56.8%) and 2019 (62.4%), as had the proportion of households making ends meet easily or very…
In connection with the novel coronavirus outbreak in Estonia, online stores are seeing a significant increase in orders. Barbora, the online store owned by retailer Maxima Group, is also now offering contactless home delivery to its customers in order to combat the spread of the virus. If a customer has chosen contactless delivery at online…
On March 11, H.E. Mr. Berik Aryn, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia, met with H.E. Dr. Khaled bin Sulaiman Alkhudairy, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). During the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to the participation of the SFD in the implementation of significant development and infrastructure…