Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov noted an increase in exports. “Exports have grown by 28.2% ($39.1 billion). This is due to the increase in deliveries of oil by 45.4%, agricultural products by 30.1%, oil gases by 30.2%, aluminum by 24%, and copper ores by 12.5%,” the minister said at…
The average monthly pension in Azerbaijan as of October 1 increased by 8.4% YoY, reaching 221.1 manats, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan said in a message. The average monthly old-age pension increased by 9%, to 249.1 manats over the same period. Funds allocated for pensions were 7.6% or 186.9…
Uzbekistan and Qatar intend to expand trade and economic cooperation and achieve sustainable growth in mutual trade, the Foreign Trade Ministry of Uzbekistan stated. According to the information, Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Sahib Saifnazarov held talks with representatives of Qatar’s business community headed by Chairman of the Barwa Group of Companies Sheikh Mohammed Hamad Al-Thani.…
Ukrainian honey exports have dropped by 40% this year. “In the first nine months of 2018 honey exports decreased by 40% compared with the corresponding period last year and totaled 27,800 tons or $57.4 million,” national consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), market analyst Ann Burka posted on Facebook.…
The board of Tallinn’s public transportation company Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS (TLT) approved the company’s 2019 investment plan, according to which it would purchase 100 new natural gas buses for EUR 25 million next year. According to the investment strategy, all of the company’s old diesel buses are to be replaced by city buses that run…
The Lithuanian parliament voted to legalize medicines containing cannabis. The respective amendments were passed with 90 votes in favor, none against and three abstentions and would come into force next May. The amendments to the Law on Pharmacy and the Law on the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances will allow the medicinal use of…
Kyrgyzstan lifted restrictions on the import of poultry and poultry products from Kazakhstan, the State Inspectorate for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Safety of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The ban was lifted on the basis of confirmation by Kazakhstan of the results of laboratory tests of the National Reference Center for Veterinary Medicine on the stabilization of…