In a statement delivered at the Water Summit 2016 in Budapest, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted that the government of Tajikistan was continuously focused on the issues of effective use of water resources, water loss reduction, water quality improvement and reduction of water resources pollution. “To that end, the Water Sector Reform Program (2016-2025) approved…
The Asian Development Bank approved of a $154 million loan to improve horticulture in Uzbekistan. “ADB’s support will help to expand access to long-term financing for farmers engaged in horticulture, and businesses involved in the supply chain in the field of horticulture”, Bui Minh Ghaip, senior economist for natural resources and agriculture at Regional Department…
A state-owned stake of 99.9945% of the Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UBRD, Kyiv) has been sold at the starting price of 82.827 million UAH, Ukraine’s State Property Fund (SPF) has said. The fund received a bid only from one buyer and the shares could be sold at the price proposed to the buyer,…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has stated that Ukrainian aviation industry could both produce components for aircraft independently and buy them in other countries, but not from the Russian Federation. “As for components, we can approximate localization to a maximum of 100%, as well as now we have the possibility of buying components not…
Contrary to wheat or flour, barley exports from Kazakhstan started the new season at the slowest pace in the last three years. Kazakh exporters supplied 28.5 KMT of barley to foreign markets in September, down by 58.5% YoY (68.6 KMT). In the first month of the season Iran was still the biggest importer of barley…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia will submit to the relevant ministries and agencies the issue of raising tariffs for passenger transportation by 35% in two stages: by 16% in the first quarter of 2017 and by 16% in the fourth quarter of 2017. According to the company press service, fares in first and second class wagons of Intercity+…
As of November 1, the regulatory capital of Belarusian banks totaled Br8.38 billion, up by Br534.6 million or by 6.8% since the beginning of the year, according to the latest statistics report released by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). The sufficiency level of the regulatory capital in the Belarusian banking industry…