Transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine’s gas transportation system (GTS) has fallen by 24.7% since July 11, according to live data from Ukrtransgaz. If on July 1-10 the average daily transit through the Ukrainian GTS amounted to 256.7 million cubic meters, on July 11 a drop to 193.4 million cubic meters was witnessed. At…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman believes that during the negotiations with the largest low cost airline in Europe Ryanair (Ireland) Ukraine should offer the airline not to quit plans to fly to Lviv. “I think that it is appropriate to make an offer during the negotiations that they are left in Lviv, as the local…
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, since the beginning of the new season-2017-2018 and as of July 12 Ukraine supplied 575 thousand tons of grain crops to foreign markets. In particular, the exports of wheat totaled 150 thousand tons, barley – 75 thousand tons, and corn – 350 thousand tons. In addition,…
The Ministry of Economy proposes to raise the excise tax on all alcohol in Kyrgyzstan by 10 soms. The ministry submitted the draft government resolution for discussion. The background statement to the document says that excise tax rates for wine stock, wine, cognac and sparkling wine remained unchanged since March 2013, beer – since June…
Total volume of capital of Azerbaijan’s banking sector amounted to almost 2.76 billion manats in January-May, according to a banking sector outlook of the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FIMSA). Total capital volume of Azerbaijani banks has increased by 44.5% since early 2017. By late May, the sector’s total assets amounted to 30.1 billion manats as…
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan discussed organization of Uzbek cargo transportation through Kazakh port of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea. This issue was discussed at the meeting of head of Kazakh railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Kanat Alpysbayev and Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan – Chairman of the Board of Uzbek railway company Uzbekiston Temir Yullari Achilbay…
The International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) has received enough votes from creditors to start the process of restructuring its foreign liabilities, Bloomberg reported, referring to the bank’s statement. Creditors holding more than 87% of the debt have voted in favor of the restructuring process, according to the report. Voting on the plan of voluntary restructuring…