According to information released by Statistics Estonia on May 8, the consumer price index (CPI) in April increased by 0.4% MoM and by 2.9% YoY. Compared to April 2017 goods were 3.2% and services 2.4% more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 7.6% and non-regulated prices by 1.6% compared to last…
A new composition of asphalt is for the first time used in Bishkek for repair of roads, the head of the Capital Construction Department Nurlan Eshenbaev reported. “The difficulty is that our manufacturers have no experience in it. The components are slightly different. This causes a delay in repairing the streets,” he said. “The use…
In April Ukrainian producers delivered 41,800 tons of sugar to foreign markets, down by 12% MoM (47,200 tons in March), the press service of the Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine reported. “Although the pace of shipments slightly decreased, the geography of exports has not changed. Most shipments were made to Uzbekistan –…
Ukrainian agricultural producers reported that the planted areas under buckwheat would reduce, due to expansion of the areas under late spring crops, including corn and sunflower seed. At the same time, the situation developed due to some decline of prices for the crop. According to agrarians, to date the average bid price for buckwheat totals…
Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves exceeded $7 billion as of May 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) reported. According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, totaled $7.038 billion (in…
Kapital Bank will have launched its first virtual branch by the end of this year, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of the Bank Nahid Zeynalov said at the presentation. According to Zeynalov, today Kapital Bank is the largest in the country by number of branches. The bank has over 100 branches and offices in…
Passenger traffic in the two Armenian airports grew by 10.4% YoY in January-April, the general department of civil aviation reveals. Overall, 737,861 people used the services of Zvartnots airport in the capital city, Yerevan, and Shirak airport in the northern city of Gyumri. In April alone 212,782 people used the services of the two Armenian…