Georgia: Japan and Korea next export markets for wine

Japan and South Korea will be the next export markets for Georgian wine, Georgian Agricultural Minister Levan Davitashvili announced. Davitashvili accented the importance of state programs that resulted in the development of Georgian wine on export markets. The minister also underlined the increase in the Georgian National Wine Agency’s budget, which would assist in the…

Estonia: Riigikogu adopts 2019 state budget

The Riigikogu has adopted Estonia’s 2019 state budget, the total volume of which exceeds EUR 11 billion. Altogether 52 MPs voted in favor and 46 against the 2019 State Budget Act, spokespeople for the Riigikogu said. 23 proposed amendments submitted ahead of the third reading of the state budget bill were reviewed on December 12,…

Kyrgyzstan: only organic products to be manufactured

Kyrgyzstan has to switch to the production of only organic products, that is, non-GMO and cultivated with the use of natural fertilizers. Speaker of the Parliament Dastanbek Dzhumabekov sent a corresponding instruction to the government. It states that the production of agricultural products throughout the country should become organic within ten years. Farmers should not…