The charges for public utilities, namely, natural gas, electricity and water, will be introduced in Turkmenistan. Speaking at a meeting of the Council of Elders of Turkmenistan on October 9, the president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed that after the country gained independence, the population consumed natural gas, drinking water, electricity and salt free of charge. The…
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) raised 100 million manatsat a deposit auction, the CBA said on October 9. The CBA was ready to receive 456.3 million manats from banks, and therefore, the demand exceeded supply almost 4.6-fold. The weighted average interest rate on deposit transactions at the auction was 10.01%. The CBA started holding…
Belarus’ GDP will increase by 1.7% in 2017, Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko said. “I think that the GDP goal will be reached this year and we will close 2017 with an increase of 1.7%,” the vice premier said. In his words, the GDP growth made up 1.5% in January-August. Industrial production went up…
More than 266,000 passengers used the services of Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport in September, up by 24% YoY. The number of passengers served by the airport during the first nine months of the year was greater by more than 300,000, or by 18%, than during the same period last year. Tallinn Airport crossed the 2…
Last week Ukraine faced an upward trend in export prices for oybean oil, due to rather high demand for the product from European buyers in terms of a small number of its offers. As of the end of day on October 6, bid prices for crude soybean oil increased by nearly $5-10/tons compared with the…
In the first month of the current marketing year, Ukrainian producers exported 16,940 tons of sugar, the press service of the Ukrtsukor national association of sugar producers reported. “The largest deliveries were made to Azerbaijan – 38%, Sudan – 16%, Tajikistan – 13%, Turkey – 8% and Sri Lanka – 7%,” the statement said. According…
The Ministry of Finance and Economy has been established in Turkmenistan. The corresponding decree was signed by the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at an expanded government meeting devoted to the results of January-September. The new ministry merged the Turkmen Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy and Development, and became their successor. Under the…