The European Commission updated the European Union Air Safety List, removing all Kazakh airlines from it. “Today the European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. All air carriers…
Over the 9 months of 2016 the sales volume in the electronic communications sector of Moldova contracted by 3% to MDL 5,047,200,000. In particular, in Q3 the total sales volume on the markets of mobile telephony, broadband Internet access, fixed telephony, fixed Internet access, audio-visual retransmission, etc. amounted to MDL 1 billion 722.1 million, down…
According to the official customs statistics, in July-November Ukraine exported 34.2 thousand tons of organic wheat, up by 22% YoY. In the current season Germany (30% of the general volumes), the United Kingdom (22%), the Netherlands (15%) and Italy (14%) became the main countries-importers of the Ukrainian grain. In the reporting period Ukraine shipped organic…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has retained refinancing rate at 14%. The bank has announced its decision to conduct the more moderate monetary policy to curb inflation consequences of the increase of the minimum wage to 3,200 UAH a month. The central bank said that the decision on the size of the discount rate…
Government is to examine an opportunity of revising the contract on concession of the Chisinau airport and lifting the airport modernization charge of EUR 9 per passenger. These are the recommendations included in the resolution Parliament has adopted following the hearing of the report by the investigatory commission on the concessionaire’s compliance with the contract…
Cooler-than-usual weather with precipitation was observed from November 28 through December 4. The average weekly air temperature in Moldova was -1.3 to +0.1 degrees C, or 1-2.5 C below normal. Air temperatures bottomed out at –9 C. Minimum soil temperature at the tillering node (3-cm depth) in winter crops was –1 to +1 C, or…
Ukrainian producers exported 335,250 tons of sugar worth $166.8 million for the 11 months of 2016. “In January-November Ukrainian producers exported 335,250 tons of sugar worth $166.8 million, having tripled the last year results. This significant growth is primarily reasoned by the favorable situation on the world market, as the devaluation of the national currency…