As of November 28, winter crops had been sown on 6950 thousand ha, or 94% of the forecast area of 7374 thousand ha. This included 5909 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale, or 95% of their projected area (5644 thousand ha in 2015), 158 thousand ha of rye (107%, 145 thousand ha in 2015),…
France is ready to step up cooperation with Belarus in information technologies and infrastructure development, Ambassador of France to Belarus Didier Canesse reported during the Belarusian-French interregional business forum in Minsk. The ambassador believes that Belarus and France should intensify cooperation not only in politics but in economy as well. The Belarusian-French interregional business forum…
The EU has successfully implemented more than 45 twinning projects in Azerbaijan, Head of Operations Section at the EU Delegation in Azerbaijan Jeroen Willems said. “This is a very good indicator, and it, in particular, exceeds the number of projects in Georgia and Moldova”, he said. “More than 30 public institutions used twinning-tools during the…
PJSC “Turboatom” and PJSC “Ukrhydroenergo” signed contract UHE/TKNV/C/2-13 “Plant design, Supply and Installation; Rehabilitation of two Blocks (7 hydraulic plants) at Kanev HPP”. Project is financed at the expense of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Implementation of the contract is considered for five years. “Turboatom” is the general contractor for “turnkey” project. The enterprise…
The seaport of Chornomorsk (former Illichivsk) was visited by representatives of the China National Complete Engineering Corporation (CCEC) and the State Food Grain Corporation of Ukraine. The Chinese are investigating possibilities for implementing joint investment projects to develop the No. 2 terminal’s infrastructure. The port’s management presented development projects designed for the period until 2018.…
The deficit in Azerbaijan’s payment balance will amount to $5 billion in 2016, Elman Rustamov, chairman of the country’s Central Bank (CBA), said. Rustamov said the biggest part of deficit of Azerbaijan’s balance of payments, that is 88% to 90%, was associated with problems in the capital flow balance. “It cannot be said that the…
Turkey expects the first branch of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway to be commissioned in early 2017, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey Ahmet Arslan said. He said that the second branch of the BTK railway would be commissioned during 2017. “The BTK project is on the last stage of its implementation”, the…