A $2.5 million venture funding program – AID-Venture – has been launched in Belarus, Bel.biz Group reported. The consortium of partners consisting of several companies has won the tender for venture capital ecosystem development in Belarus. Aleinikov & Partners together with a group of companies Bel.biz, venture fund 500 Startups and international educational program for…
The Infrastructure Ministry is in talks with the global operator Hutchison Ports, which is ready to enter one of Ukraine’s biggest ports, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said. According to him, a bill on concession is being drafted now, which is to become a universal law for all the sectors of this industry. Work has been…
Ukraine from January 1, 2017 will become an official member of the Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Ukraine’s Finance Ministry reported that Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk on November 22, handed a letter to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria. This is the final phase…
The State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) intends to build a new road, which will connect the M-06 Kyiv-Chop highway with the Hungarian road M-3 Budapest-Nyiregyhaza. According to the press service of the agency, the corresponding decision was made following a joint review of infrastructure on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border. “This will allow combining…
Ukrainian companies, which participated in a trade mission to China, have received first orders from Chinese importers for sugar, pork and sunflower oil deliveries. The press service of the Ukrainian Food Export Board (UFEB) reports this citing UFEB Chairman Bohdan Shapoval. “We have received the first orders for pork, sugar and sunflower oil. Sunflower oil…
Port of Riga said October was the most successful month of the year in regards of cargo turnover, as well as the most successful October in the port’s history. The monthly cargo turnover at the port reached 3.54 million tons, up by 18% MoM and by 7% YoY. The largest contribution to the growth of…
Ukraine’s grain output will increase to 64 million metric tons in the 2016-2017 season, the largest grain harvest since the country gained independence in 1991, Agriculture Minister Taras Kutoviy said. Ukraine produced 60.3 million metric tons of grain in the 2015-2016 marketing season, according to the ministry. The latest forecast is a revision of the…