The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.8% in November compared to November 2018, figures from Statistics Estonia showed. The newly released figures showed the change of the consumer price index in November was -0.2% compared to October and 1.8% compared to November 2018. Compared to November 2018, goods were 1.1% and services 3.1% more expensive.…
In January-November the port of Ventspils handled 19.471 million tons of cargo, up by 4% YoY, the port authority reported. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo fell by 2%, to 9.615 million tons, and general cargo – by 7%, to 2.307 million tons, while dry bulk cargo grew by 17%, to 7.549 million tons. The port’s…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has registered the PayRun international payment system, the central bank’s press service has reported. “The National Bank of Ukraine has harmonized the rules of the PayRun international payment system and included information about it in the register of payment systems, settlement systems, participants of these systems and operators of…
Despite the decrease in sugar beet yield, Starokostiantynivcukor LLC processed almost 300 thousand tons of sugar beet during the 2019 production season – 50 thousand tons more than last year. A’spik Group explains such results with the establishment of partnering relationships with the agricultural enterprises of Khmelnytsk region, which provide the group of companies with…
As of November 30 currency reserves of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) have increased by $69 million, compared to the figure at the end of October 2019. The reserves increased from $6.114 to $6.183 billion. Since the beginning of the year the CBA’s currency reserves have grown by 9.9%, from $5.6 billion. On an…
The Lithuanian government has approved a proposal to run energy generation auctions, which should increase domestic power production as the country desynchronizes from the Moscow-controlled grid by 2025. The Baltic grids are still part of the post-Soviet BRELL ring, which also includes Russia and Belarus, and remain dependent on the control center in Moscow and…
Governor of Kostanay region Arkhimed Mukhambetov spoke about the development of agriculture in the region. According to his words, the share of agriculture of Kostanay region in Gross Regional Product is 11.2%. “The industry employs more than 125 thousand people. This is 26% of the total employed population. This year 3 million tons of grain…