Over 10,000 residents in Lithuania will produce solar energy by the end of next year, according to state-controlled holding company, Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy). The 5-fold increase is influenced by law changes, allowing remote solar power plants. Energy produced off-site can then be “virtually” transferred to be used in private apartments. Residents and multiple stakeholders…
In July the gross international reserves of Kyrgyzstan grew by $26.82 million, the National Bank reported. The republic’s gross international reserves amount to $2,271.34 billion. Compared with July 2018 they have grown by $110.69 million. Data on the level of gross international reserves since May 2008 are available on the website of the National Bank.…
The Deposit Guarantee Fund last week sold insolvent banks’ assets worth UAH 167.42 million, the fund’s press service reported. In particular, UAH 124.20 million was received from the repayment of fund creditors’ claims and UAH 41.83 million from the sale of main banks’ assets. Also, UAH 14.38 thousand was obtained from the direct sale of…
Gnidava Sugar Refinery audits sugar beet crops and forecasts the croppage and processing of 500 thousand tons of beets, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gnidava Sugar Refinery on the raw materials, Oleksandr Nikishyn, declared. The company said that this amount of sugar beet would provide the refinery with 100 days of active work, and…
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, says Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has reassured him that his country does not intend to purchase electricity from Belarus’ Astravyets nuclear plant under construction close to the Lithuanian border. “I met with the Latvian president, the chairwoman of the Saeima and the prime minister in Aglona…
The unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 0.7% to 11.4% in the second quarter of 2019, said the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In Q2 the economically active population constituted 63.7% of the working age population (population aged 15 and older). “In comparison with the same quarter of the previous year, the economic activity…
During the first seven months of 2019 Azerbaijan imported 653.23 thousand tons of wheat (valued at $145.8 million), up by 9.2% YoY, reported the State Customs Committee. In addition, in the period the imports of meat increased to 28.8 thousand tons (by 12.1%) valued at $43.3 million, while the imports of edible vegetable and animal…