Azerbaijan is one of the important countries for Northern Cyprus in the field of tourism development, Fikri Ataoglu, Cypriot minister of tourism and environment, said. Ataoglu is expected to visit Azerbaijan on November 29. Northern Cyprus’s potential for tourism will be presented as part of the visit. The minister will be accompanied by a delegation,…
Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to consider the allocation of a loan worth $600 million for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project in March 2017, the AIIB reported. The AIIB said that the loan would be allocated for the Southern Gas Corridor CJSC. Azerbaijan is one of…
Joint operations of public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia and Karpatygaz LLC resulted in production of 53.7 million cubic meters of gas and 2,700 tons of gas condensate in October, according to a posting on the website of Misen Energy AB‚ (Sweden, the owner of the controlling stake in Karpatygaz). In addition, 400 tons of oil and…
As of November 14, winter crops were planted on 6911 thousand ha, or 94% of the forecast area of 7374 thousand ha. This included 5888 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale – 95% of the projected area (5597 thousand ha in 2015), 157 thousand ha of rye – 107% (145 thousand ha in 2015),…
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine is planning to halve port charges. According to the ministry, Ukraine loses because of its overcharged port dues lead to shrinking freight traffic. The ministry is currently working on tariff reduction. The final approval of a new port tariffs and charges technique that would at least halve them is scheduled…
Moldova’s outgoing President Nicolae Timofti praised the level of the Belarusian-Moldovan relations and emphasized the trustworthy bilateral dialogue at the highest level, the Belarusian embassy in Moldova reported. Nicolae Timofti mentioned it in his face-to-face talks with the Belarus’ Ambassador to Moldova Sergei Chichuk who took part in the Moldovan President’s meeting with heads of…
Belarus and Venezuela are discussing the launch of supplies of Belarusian food. This issue was addressed during a meeting between Belarusian Ambassador to Venezuela Oleg Paferov and Venezuela’s Food Minister Rodolfo Marco Torres, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus reported. “The parties discussed the development of bilateral cooperation in the…