Ashgabat hosted a meeting with Bangladesh’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Turkmenistan (with a residence in Tehran) Majibur Rahman Bhuiyan, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said. The parties noted their interest in development of cooperation in the areas of electricity, transportation and petrochemical sphere. It was also noted that the two countries had opportunities to intensify…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) aims at long-term cooperation with Uzbekistan, Natalia Khanjenkova, managing director for Central Asia and Russia at the EBRD, said. It was previously reported that an EBRD delegation headed by Khanjenkova arrived in Tashkent on February 7, to discuss cooperation prospects. “On the basis of consultations with the…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) could start dialog with holders of eurobonds of nationalized PrivatBank (Dnipro), Deputy NBU Governor Kateryna Rozhkova has said. “We have received letters. Eurobond holders want to hold a dialog. We are ready to meet, present our position, as we acted in line with law,” she said. “I do not…
Kyiv city authorities plan to launch two new subway stations within three years – Prospekt Pravdy and Mostytska. Construction works could start in December, the press service of Kyiv City Council has reported, referring to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. “According to the preliminary calculations, we could open the Mostytska and Prospekt Pravdy stations within three…
In 2017 the planted areas of agricultural crops in Kyrgyzstan will total almost 1.204 million ha, up by 9.1 thousand ha YoY, the First Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Muhammetkaly Abulgaziev declared. According to the minister, in 2016 agrarians lowered the areas under winter crops by 28.7 thousand ha. Abulgaziev noted that several…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to rename two geographical objects – SE Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk and Specialized Sea Port Oktyabrsk. The decree #46 dd. January 25, is published on the government web-portal. According to the document, the officials named the seaport of Illichivsk Chernomorsk Commearicla Sea Port, and the specialized sea…
Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January, taking into account losses in electricity transmission, grew by 1.8% YoY, or by 263.4 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), to 14.913 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has reported. Electricity consumption, not including losses, over the period rose by 6.7% or 738.2 million kWh, to 11.793 billion kWh. Industry…