About 123 kilometers of roads are planned to be repaired in 40 districts of the country in 2019. The information was announced at a meeting of the President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov with the Minister of Transport and Roads of the country Zhanat Beishenov. According to the Information Policy Department of the head of state,…
The construction of a solar power plant in Kherson region is set to begin in March. Head of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Hordeyev discussed this during a meeting with representatives of Atlas Capital Energy LLC, the press service of Kherson Regional State Administration reported. “During the conversation, the parties discussed the start of construction…
Last year, the growth of capital investment in Ukraine was almost 20%. “Inflation slowed down to a single digit level, and the growth of capital investments was almost 20%. Last year, 957 industrial and production facilities were repaired and reconstructed, giving new products and new jobs,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at the Cabinet’s…
In January, the Freeport of Riga handled 2,841,700 tons of cargo, up by 2.6% YoY. Transshipment of coal grew by 15.9%, to 1,029,900, and wood pellets – by 58.7%, to 90,300 tons, while oil products fell by 36.5%, to 278,000 tons. No ore was handled in January. The Port’s container throughput grew by 6.5%, to…
Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover in 2018 comprised $93.5 billion, up by 19.7% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reported. The volume of export in the reporting period made $67 billion (+25.7%) and import was $32.5 billion (+9.9%). (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
The “Friend of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” (Friend of SMEs) of the Agency for the Development of SMEs under Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry has started operating in Azerbaijan’s Gabala district. This is the first “Friend of the SMEs” in the Sheki-Zagatala economic region, which, along with the Gabala district, will provide services to entrepreneurs operating in…
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine this year expects to receive from external sources about $4 billion in financing. “Our budget has laid down an approximate equivalent of $4 billion in external financial needs,” Markarova reported. According to her, external financing could come from several sources, including the World Bank, the European Union, bilateral lending…