Atlantic Council analyst Anders Aslund has welcomed data on economic growth in Ukraine published by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on May 15, according to the Ukrainian service of the Voice of America. “Ukraine: finally some good economic news. Gross domestic product rose a preliminary 3.1% YoY in Q1 after growing only 2.2% in…
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has adopted at the first reading a bill introducing amendments to some laws of Ukraine regarding the ban on the use of palm oil in food production. A total of 233 MPs voted for the approval of the respective draft law, No. 3871, at the first reading. “The purpose of…
Compared to the same period of last year, rail freight volume in Latvia dropped by 10.9% in the first four months of 2018 and was 15.673 million tons, according to data compiled by Transport Ministry. International freight volume was 15.26 million tons, down by 11.1%. The volume of domestic freight declined by 0.3% and was…
Aktas ski resort project, initiated by Alina Group of Companies, was presented in Almaty. “The project foresees construction of 12 cable railroads, 31 km of ski trails, hotels to accommodate more than 700 guests at once, restaurants, cafes, etc. It is expected to welcome 724,000 people a year, or up to 12,000 guests a day.…
The agricultural output in Belarus’ enterprises of all categories in current prices reached Br3.4 billion in January-April, up by 1.5% YoY in comparable prices, the National Statistics Committee reported. The agricultural enterprises manufactured Br3.3 billion worth of products, up by 2%. The enterprises of all categories produced 607,400 tons of livestock and poultry (live weight),…
Germany is interested in Ukraine retaining the position of a transit country of Russian gas to Europe, German Government Spokesman Steffen Seibert stated this at a briefing in Berlin. “It is important that Ukraine continues to play the role of a transit country,” he said. At the same time, Seibert notes that it is important…
Ukraine’s payments on the state and government-guaranteed debt by the end of 2018 will amount to UAH 325.53 billion ($12.4 billion). In particular, expenditures on repayment of debts will total UAH 204.43 billion ($7.8 billion), while those on their servicing will amount to UAH 121.10 billion ($4.6 billion), according to an updated schedule published on…