Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, says Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has reassured him that his country does not intend to purchase electricity from Belarus’ Astravyets nuclear plant under construction close to the Lithuanian border. “I met with the Latvian president, the chairwoman of the Saeima and the prime minister in Aglona…
The unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 0.7% to 11.4% in the second quarter of 2019, said the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In Q2 the economically active population constituted 63.7% of the working age population (population aged 15 and older). “In comparison with the same quarter of the previous year, the economic activity…
During the first seven months of 2019 Azerbaijan imported 653.23 thousand tons of wheat (valued at $145.8 million), up by 9.2% YoY, reported the State Customs Committee. In addition, in the period the imports of meat increased to 28.8 thousand tons (by 12.1%) valued at $43.3 million, while the imports of edible vegetable and animal…
Sumy region has completed harvesting of early grain and leguminous crops, according to the Agricultural and Industrial Development Department of the Sumy Regional State Administration. “Early harvesting of grain and leguminous crops has been completed in Sumy region. All categories of farms in the region gathered 1.192 million tons of grain, with an average yield…
Meat production in Ukraine in January-July totaled 1.88 million tons (in live weight), up by 6.1% YoY, the State Statistics Service said. However, milk production in the country in January-July decreased by 3.4%, to 5.8 million tons, it said. Egg production increased by 5.7%, to 10.2 billion eggs. The State Statistics Service noted that its…
The Deposit Guarantee Fund is sufficient to pay compensations to affected PNB Bank clients. This means not a cent from Latvia’s state budget will be used, said Latvia’s Finance Minister Janis Reirs. Reirs stressed that Latvia’s deposit guarantee system was secure and it was commendable that 99.2% of PNB Bank’s depositors would be able to…
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev promised to continue constriction of new schools. “As of today there are 7,014 secondary schools in Kazakhstan. 128 of them provide three-shift schooling, and 31 are in disrepair. Construction of 35 schools more to eliminate three-shift schooling and shut down 7 dilapidated schools was included into the 2019-2020 republican budget,”…