As of September 29, agricultural organizations of Belarus planted winter grain crops throughout 1.12 million ha, or 83.4% of the plan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food declared. Also, agrarians continued the harvesting campaign. In particular, Belarus harvested 197 thousand tons of corn for grain throughout the areas of 26.7 thousand ha (15.1%). The average…
Azerbaijan’s sole reinsurance company AzRe Reinsurance OJSC plans to increase its authorized capital by 25%, to 50 million manats (AZN), the message of Azerbaijan’s Financial Market Supervisory Body said. The supervisory body registered the issue of ordinary nominal book-entry shares of the reinsurance company at face value of 25,000 manats in 2000. The issue placement…
Azerbaijan enjoys great reputation around the world, President Ilham Aliyev said, addressing the opening ceremony of the 5th Baku International Humanitarian Forum. “Next month we will mark the 25th anniversary of restoration of our independence”, Aliyev said, adding that most of the years during this 25-year period had been the years of progress and development.…
Belarus plans to sign an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China to promote Chinese direct investments to the tune of about $5 billion, Belarus’ Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky reported. “During this visit (the state visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to the People’s Republic of China on September 28-30) a loan agreement with the…
Turkey is interested in agrarian products and research institutions in the agricultural sector. This has been said by the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food on European Integration Olha Trofimtseva after the third meeting of the Ukrainian-Turkish working group on agriculture. “Ukraine is interested in exports of vegetable oils, including sunflower, as well as…
Public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia is testing TE33€ freight diesel locomotive made by General Electric Corporation (the United States). “The General Electric’s locomotive is being tested in Ukraine. The tests will last for four months. All its capabilities will be tested”, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said at the presentation of the locomotive in Kyiv. He…
On September 27, Uralkali held its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (EGM) in the town of Berezniki (Perm Territory). Uralkali’s EGM elected the new board of directors, including Sergey Chemezov, Dmitry Konyaev, Dmitry Lobyak, Luc Maene, Sir Robert Margetts, Dmitry Mazepin, Dmitry Osipov, Paul Ostling and Dimitry Tatyanin. The EGM also elected the new revision…