Apartment block residents will have the opportunity to claim funding for a solar plant off-site and produce electricity to be used in their apartment, the head of Lietuvos Energijos Tiekimas (Lithuanian Energy Supply) Darius Montvila said announced. While individual homeowners could install solar panels on their roofs or in their backyards, residents of apartment blocks…
The self-employment program covered 6,000 families in Azerbaijan in 2018, which were provided with the assets to create small and medium-sized enterprises, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Sahil Babayev said. Babayev made the remarks in Baku at the meeting related to the socio-economic sphere and chaired by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.…
Since August 1, 2016 Ukraine has saved UAH 86 billion in public procurement due to the ProZorro system, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reports on Twitter. “Today, one of the best public procurement systems in the world is three years old! During this time, ProZorro saved UAH 86 billion in taxpayers’ money,” the…
Ukraine exported 301 thousand tons of wheat flour in MY 2018-2019, down by 30% YoY (429.8 thousand tons). This is the lowest volume of exports in five years. Flour production also dropped in MY 2018-2019, to 1.7 million tons (by 13% from 1.9 million tons in MY 2017-2018). The key export destinations include Asia, Africa,…
Construction work of the second stage of the Island Bridge project is ahead of schedule. However, at the same time, residents complain about the organization of traffic for pedestrians and cyclists. Riga City Council’s officials visited the bridge on July 31 to overlook progress with construction. As the delegation was told by Riga City Council…
The Research Institute of Vegetable Growing under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture conducts extensive research and practical work on the production of potato seeds. Seeds of national potato varieties are grown in the sown areas of the experimental Saritala station in Tovuz region, along with the base of the research institute in neighboring Shamkir. The…
Turkmenistan continues to strengthen its positions as an exporter of fruits and vegetables. More than 15,000 tons of tomatoes and cucumbers were grown in greenhouses and sent abroad in 2019, up almost 2-fold YoY. Moreover, over 7,500 tons of onions were shipped to foreign consumers. Vegetables worth $16 million and produced in greenhouses have been…