Analyst at the Alpari investment company Maksym Parkhomenko warns that the hryvnia, Ukraine’s national currency, may considerably weaken if populists come to power in Ukraine as a result of presidential and parliamentary elections in 2019. “If populists, who promise mountains and marvels – encouraging policy, lower gas prices, etc., – come to power, this will…
Insolvency administrator of the bankrupt Tosmare shipbuilding factory Ivars Melkis has put up the company’s owned ship repair and shipbuilding factory for EUR 2.164 million, according to published announcement. The announcement mentions that the price of Tosmare shipbuilding factory is EUR 2,163,163 with VAT. Property on sale includes two dry docks, one floating dock, as…
Construction of one kilometer of Bishkek – Kara-Balta road costs $ 1.6 million, Head of the Projects Implementation Department of the Islamic Development Bank Erkinbek Osoev announced at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on transport, communications, architecture and construction. MP Tynchtykbek Konushbayev was indignant that the construction of roads was delayed. According to him,…
In 2018, Kazakhstan exported 24,600 tons of fish products to the amount of $56.5 million, Saken Dildakhmet, press secretary of the Agriculture Ministry’ Forestry Committee, reported. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan imported 34,300 tons of fish products worth $70.7 million. Oceanic fish and sea products comprise 80% of the import, Saken Dildakhmet posted on his FB account. The…
The total capacity of renewable energy facilities in Ukraine exceeded 2 GW in 2018, according to Director General of the Energy Markets Directorate of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, Olha Buslavets. “The installed capacity of renewable energy sources grew by half over the past year and exceeded 2 GW. According to our estimates, this…
The representatives of Ukraine and Qatar have discussed the issues of bilateral trade and economic cooperation and the opportunities for investment in Ukrainian infrastructure, agriculture, and energy sectors. “The main talking points of the meetings were the issues of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, the opportunities for investment in Ukrainian infrastructure, agriculture and energy sectors,…
The Supreme Court of Estonia has dismissed an appeal submitted by the Lithuanian dairy company Zemaitijos Pienas against Estonia’s Estover in the string cheese trademark dispute, leaving Estover the right to sell its products under the name Piknikupulgad (Picnic Sticks). Zemaitijos Pienas, one of Lithuania’s largest dairy companies, first initiated a dispute with Estonian dairy…