The European Union-funded project, Technical Assistance to Support Pension Reform in Tajikistan, was launched in Dushanbe. According to the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan, the project will run for over three years (until January 2020) and will provide support to the Agency for Social Insurance and Pensions (ASIP) in the areas of Information and Communications…
Retail trade in Ukraine in January-Apri posted a 5.8% increase YoY, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The highest increase in retail trade was recorded in Kirovohrad, Lviv, Poltava, Odessa, and Zhytomyr regions. In particular, Kirovohrad region saw a 9.3% increase, Lviv region boosted retail trade by 9.2%. Retail growth in Poltava region…
The territory of Dushanbe will be extended from the current 12,700 hectares to 25,000 hectares by 2040 at the expense of territories of Varzob, Hisor and Roudaki districts. Government’s decree approving the Dushanbe municipal redevelopment plan was reportedly signed on April 28. Dushanbe’s population is expected to reach 936,000 by 2025 and 1.176 million by…
Uzbekistan’s state power company Uzbekenergo and Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Energy signed a memorandum envisioning cooperation in the transit of electricity from Turkmenistan to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through Uzbekistan’s power grid. The memorandum was signed during Uzbek president’s working visit to Turkmenistan. Under the terms of the memorandum, Turkmenistan will deliver electricity to Uzbekistan in exchange…
The State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of the Kyrgyz Republic announced a tender for the right to build small hydro power plants. Legal entities of Kyrgyzstan, as well as foreign legal entities can participate in the tender. In case a foreign legal entity is chosen the winner of the tender (prior to…
Inspecting an advertisement published on Facebook, Latvian Food and Veterinary Service uncovered illegal trade of sheep meat, canned meat storage and meat product distribution organized in an office building on Selpils Street, Riga. Upon performing a control purchase, inspectors found that tins with meat were either not labeled or improperly labeled, making it impossible to…
Kyiv City Administration has signed a memorandum of cooperation with a Chinese consortium, consisting of China Railway International Group and China Pacific Construction Group, for the implementation of a project to build the fourth subway line in the city. According to a posting on the administration’s website, Deputy Head of Kyiv City Administration Mykola Povoroznik…