According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves totaled $6,477 million as of February 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) reported. In January the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves went down by $837.9 million (11.5%). “The January decrease in Belarus’ international…
Trade turnover between Armenia and Switzerland grew 3.6-fold in 2017, Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan said at a meeting with Dominique de Buman, President of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation. “We should consistently build on our achievements in bilateral economic ties,” the PM said. “We are confident that Armenia may attract Swiss capital,…
The Director of the Bishkek Heating and Power Plant, Andrey Voropayev, guarantees that the breakdown will not happen again. He said this at a meeting of the Bishkek City Council. The deputies asked about possibility of repetition of an extraordinary situation at the HPP. Andrey Voropayev assured that the probability was minimal. “Modernization of HPP…
The state-owned enterprise Mariupol maritime Merchandise port (Donetsk region) handled 5.882 million tons of cargo in 2017, down by 15.5% YoY. The enterprise’s press service reported that over the period the port saw over UAH 186 million in net profit. “Among the difficulties that the port had to cope with in 2017 was the low…
In January seaports of Ukraine handled 10.8 million tons of cargo, up by 10.9% YoY, says the press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. Transshipment of export cargo fell by 1.1%, to 7.8 million tons, including 1.5 million tons of metal (+21.2%), 26,300 TEUs of containerized cargo (+17%) and 3.1 million tons of grain (+1.1%).…
In 2018 Tajikistan plans to increase the planted areas under oilseed crops to 46.73 thousand ha, up by 22.84 thousand ha YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. According to the announcement, agrarians will plant grains in the autumn and spring planting campaigns throughout 145.34 thousand ha and 104.9 thousand ha, respectively. It was noted that…
The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) has published a roadmap of the main objectives and strategic initiatives for 2018, according to the website of the bank. “The National Bank makes plans for its operations in line with the main objectives set in the Banking Code and the NBRB Statute. The planning system…