Belarus might become a platform for strengthening the cooperation between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), German political scientist Alexander Rahr said. “Everyone understands that it is necessary to find some form of cooperation, deeper cooperation, between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union. Many in Germany think that Belarus is…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Cuba Alexander Aleksandrov and Cuban Minister of Heavy Industries Salvador Pardo Cruz discussed the deliveries of Belarusian machine-tool equipment to Cuba, the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus reported. “During the meeting, the parties discussed topical issues of cooperation between the two countries in the field…
As of September 15, agricultural organizations of Belarus harvested 306.1 thousand tons of rapeseed with the average yield of 1.57 ton/ha. The harvested areas reached almost 195 thousand ha of the oilseed (92.4% of the plan). In addition, agrarians planted winter crops throughout 476.3 thousand ha, or 35.4% of the plan. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Belarus’ chemical company OAO Grodno Azot manufactured Br885.5 million worth of chemical products ($452.71 million) in January-August, up by 3.8% YoY, the company said in an official report. OAO Grodno Azot’s nitrogen fertilizer output stood at 552,612 tons (in terms of 100% nitrogen) in January-August, down by 0.2% YoY; carbamide output increased by 0.9% to…
Azerbaijan and Lithuania have reached an agreement to even more expand bilateral cooperation in railway sector, spokesperson for Azerbaijan Railways Nadir Azmammadov reported. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov and Lithuania’s ambassador to Azerbaijan Valdas Lastauskas in Baku. During the meeting, the parties discussed the…
Arterium Corporation (Kyiv) has acquired Marifarm pharmaceutical company (Maribor, Slovenia) from Slovenian bank Nova KBM (NKBM). The bank has not disclosed the amount of the transaction. According to unofficial information from Maribor’s local edition Vecer, it is estimated at 6.8 million euro. Arterium and Marifarm intend to jointly explore new possibilities of development of pharmaceutical…
In August Ukraine exported 258.3 KMT of sunoil against 352.9 KMT in the previous month and 224 KMT in July 2015. Over 2015/2016 season (September-August) Ukraine shipped 4479 KMT of sunoil against 3870 KMT in 2014/2015, setting a new record. Among the key importers of Ukrainian sunoil were European countries (about 32% of all exports),…