Belarusian agrarians have already cropped more than 3.5 million tons of grain, the Agriculture and Food Ministry reported. As of August 10, Belarus’ grain harvest exceeded 3.5 million tons. Brest region harvested 964,100 tons, Minsk region – 784,200 tons. Gomel region and Grodno region cropped 605,400 and 620,000 tons respectively. The harvest of Mogilev region…
Money supply in Ukraine in July grew by 1%, to UAH 1.115 trillion, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported. The central bank said that the pace was linked to the increase in off-bank cash by 1.3%, to UAH 311.639 billion, and deposits in the national currency by 0.9%, to UAH 802.786 billion. The…
Ukrainian agrarians harvested 33.4 million tons of grain on 8.8 million hectares (91% of the target) as of August 8, according to the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry’s press service. Early grain crops have already been harvested in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, and Kherson regions. The average yield of cereals is estimated at 3.79 tons…
Unemployment in Latvia was 7.2% at the beginning of July and 7.1% at the end. This is the lowest unemployment index in the country since 2009, according to data from the State Employment Agency. Compared with June, the country’s unemployment level has declined by 0.1% over the course of a single month. There were 66,708…
Cargo traffic at the Port of Liepaja in January-July grew by 21.5% YoY, to 3.6 million tons, the Port Authority statistics show. Shipments of coal surged 3.7-fold, to 829,100 tons, handling of wooden pellets increased 2.5-fold, to 157,100 tons, of building materials – by 14.8%, to 341,100 tons, of oil products – by 42%, to…
Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan said that Ryanair, the Irish-based low-cost air carrier, might not launch its operations in Ukraine in 2017. “If the negotiations are deliberately delayed, while they (Ryanair) distribute the routes for their aircraft for the whole year, we will say that Ryanair will come next year,” Omelyan said. “But they will…
Belarus is supplying frozen bread to eight counties, head of the main department for bakery products of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry Vadim Pobedinsky said. “Today we are exporting frozen bakery products to eight countries. Among them is Russia (over 80% of the exports), Israel, Panama, the USA, Tajikistan, and Australia,” Vadim Pobedinsky said.…