The Belarusian confectionery factory Spartak is expanding its store chain in China, Spartak Deputy Director General Dmitry Korolenko reported. Gomel-based factory Spartak opened its first store in Harbin in November 2016. In January two more stores opened their doors in Beijing and Shanghai. All three stores belong to Spartak’s partner from China. The stores sell…
A press conference dedicated to the launch of the Astana-Warsaw direct flight has been held at the Central Communications Service in Astana. Earlier it was reported that LOT would start operating the Warsaw-Astana flight on May 8, four times a week (on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays). “It is no coincidence that the launch of…
Uzbek exporters and regional and district khokims continue negotiations on exports to foreign countries, including European states, at Green Week, an international agricultural exhibition. On the fourth day, exporters met representatives of Central Investments Worldwide L.P. and Better International Trade (UK), GIZ (Germany), Avietes (Lithuania), Befresh (Israel), Greenfield Agro and Shri Niwas Dall & Besan…
Uzbekistan Airways announced it planned to launch flights to Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Lahore (Pakistan) in 2017. The company is also working on flights to Mumbai (India) and Guangzhou (China). Director-General Valeriy Tyan said Uzbekistan Airways bought 4 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners and went ahead with Tashkent 4, a new passenger terminal expected to serve 1,500…
Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan has agreed to revise the country’s Tax Code after criticism of businessmen. Minister of Economy Arzybek Kozhoshev said that the Tax Code had technical errors. In 2015, a group was formed, which worked on a new version of the Tax Code. The Ministry of Economy noted that the current version…
Ashgabat hosted the next meeting of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) of Central Asia. The ICWC is the body of five governments, which entrusted direct functions of water resources management and development and maintenance of sustainable natural and hydro ecological processes on transboundary water resources to the ministries (State Committees, Departments) of water…
The government of Japan in 2017 intends to allocate about $290,000 on projects of donor organizations in the sphere of medicine and health education in Ukraine. “We are happy to sign these five project proposals, four of which involve medicine, and one health education. It is very important for Ukraine,” Japan’s ambassador to Ukraine Shigeki…