A special commission to assess and re-demarcate the cultural and national heritage sites of the Cricova winery has been created. The commission is headed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Luca. Its members are to re-demarcate the galleries, underground vaults, including tasting rooms, and adjoining areas of the Cricova quarry and take…
Following the results of 2016, 277 Ukrainian agricultural enterprises have been working on the European market, while their number was 238 in 2015, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutovyi has said. “Currently, 277 Ukrainian enterprises have already been licensed to export their products to the European market. By comparison, there were 238 such…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has presented an action plan for 2017-2020. “We have promised that at the end of 2016 we would propose the medium term action plant that would help to clearly determine tasks, priorities and goals we want to achieve. Today keeping the promise I want to present our collective plan, our action…
According to the Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in November the production volumes of vegetable oils reached record figures – 34.7 thousand tons. During three months of 2016/2017 MY (September-November), the figure exceeded the production of vegetable oils in the same period last season by 18%, and totaled 99.5 thousand tons. A…
In the current year, the general grain harvest in Kyrgyzstan totaled 1.66 million tons, down by 5.5% YoY, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed. In particular, agricultural enterprises of the country harvested 654 thousand tons of wheat (down by 7%). The harvested volumes reduced due to a significant fall of the grain planted…
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to issue a loan in the amount of 7.941 billion UAH to the Individuals’ Deposit Guarantee Fund. The corresponding decision is stipulated in the government resolution No. 1003 dated December 28, the text of which has been posted on the Cabinet’s website. “The Ministry of Finance in order to…
Kazakhstan took delivery of a new batch of Su-30SM multirole fighter jets, the press service of the Kazakh Defense Ministry announced. These are the 5th and 6th Su-30SM fighter jets delivered to the Kazakh Air Force, after the country ordered an undisclosed number of aircraft in February 2015. “One needs to have deep knowledge and…