The cost of additional and unforeseen works within the first phase of construction of North-South alternative route amounted to $55 million, the Ministry of Transport and Roads of Kyrgyzstan reported. A detailed working project for this phase and construction of the tunnel through Kok-Art Pass was drawn up in parallel to the construction. After the…
Farmers of seven southern Ukrainian regions have started spring grain sowing, seeding 31,000 hectares, the agriculture ministry said on March 13. Farmers have sown 18,000 hectares of spring barley, 11,000 hectares of peas and 2,000 hectares of oats, the ministry said in a statement. Farmers plan to sow a total of 7.2 million hectares of…
In January-February Murmansk Sea Fishing Port JSC handled 48,500 tons of cargo, up by 30% YoY. The company handled 21,700 tons of fish products (-19.6%). In February, the port’s throughput grew by 19.1%, to 29,900 tons, including 12,500 tons of fish (+5%). Murmansk Sea Fishing Port handled 77 vessels including 74 vessels with fish cargo.…
The Ministry of Finance of Kyrgyzstan and the Eurasian Development Bank signed an agreement on granting an investment loan from the Eurasian Stabilization and Development Fund to finance the project “Commissioning of the second hydroelectric unit of Kambarata HPP-2” for $110 million. In addition to the construction and commissioning of the second hydrounit of the…
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) left the discount rate unchanged at 15%. This decision was made at a meeting of the CBA Management Board on March 10. The CBA said the decision was made in connection with the first positive trends observed in the macroeconomy as well as new expectations. Thanks to the measures…
On March 4-10, Ukraine exported 520.9 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 611.1 thousand tons in the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 66.6 thousand tons, corn – 439 thousand tons, and barley – 15.3 thousand tons. Company TIS (107.9 thousand tons) and grain terminal Borivage (68 thousand tons) became the leaders…
Tajikistan has raised electricity rates for four of eight categories of electricity consumers. By government’s decree issued on February 24, electricity rates have been raised for federally funded institutions, including public utilities and sports complexes, electric transport, pumping stations for mechanized irrigation and repair-and-production bases of the Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the…