According to initial estimates, in January-March Belarus’ gross domestic product totaled Br30.6 billion, up by 0.5% in comparable prices as against the same period a year earlier, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. In January-April the GDP deflator index amounted to 106.9% as against the same period of last year. (BelTA/Business World Magazine)
A loan agreement for 131.3 million Saudi riyals, equivalent to $35 million, has been signed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between the government of Tajikistan, represented by Abdusalom Qurboniyon, Minister of Finance, and the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by Yousef Ibrahim Al-Bassam, Vice President & Managing Director, The Saudi Fund for Development.…
Railway freight traffic in Ukraine from 2011 to 2016 decreased by 27%, Deputy Director General of state enterprise Ukrpromzovnishekspertyza Serhiy Povazhniuk has said. According to him, the volume of rail freight traffic began declining in 2012 due to the stagnation of industry. The rate of decline accelerated in 2014-2015 after the annexation of Crimea and…
Ukraine’s export of rapeseed is likely to jump by 60% YoY, to 1.65 million tons in the 2017-2018 season as the harvest is expected to be about 70% larger than in the previous year Ukrainian output could rise to 2.03 million tons this year from 1.19 million tons in 2016 due to larger sowing area…
A loan agreement for $20 million has been signed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between the government of Tajikistan, represented by Abdusalom Qurboniyon, Minister of Finance, and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), represented by its President Ahmad Mohammed Ali. The amount of this loan is allocated for co-financing the project in the transport sector “Construction of…
The first nine-story apartment building has been put in commission in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). 63 families whose houses have been demolished as part of the municipal redevelopment plan that includes the construction of one 16-story apartment building, two 12-story apartment building and new buildings of the regional drama…
Predicting changes for housing prices in the next two to three years, 66% of interviewed Latvian residents said prices would likely increase, according to data from DNB Bank’s survey. Every tenth respondent expects housing prices to decline. 18% of respondents are confident that prices will remain the same. The highest proportion of respondents who expect…