According to official data, as of September 19, grain crops had been threshed from 10526.3 thousand ha, which was 68.5% of the plan. 15719.3 KMT was harvested with the average yield of 1.49 MT/ha. On the same date of 2015, 9546.4 KMT of grain had been harvested from 8279.5 thousand ha with the average yield…
Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats named industrial cooperation as a promising line in the interaction between Belarus and Tajikistan as he spoke at the conference held on September 22, to mark the 20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Tajikistan and Belarus. Leonid Zayats took note of the project to organize the assembling…
Indian importers have purchased around 76,000 tons of Ukrainian-origin wheat in the past couple of weeks as India increases its wheat imports after a poor crop. One shipment of around 51,000 tons was purchased for September shipment and another of 25,000 tons was bought for October shipment. It is possible that more could have been…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says vulnerabilities of Belarus’ economy remain elevated. The IMF made a statement to this effect in the Staff Report prepared by a staff team of the IMF for the 2016 Article IV consultation. “The economy is expected to contract further this year and next, reflecting still-weak balance sheets and structural…
Russian gas giant Gazprom is preparing a feasibility study for development of three licensed blocks in Bolivia and may receive operator contracts for the blocks without any competition, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said. In June Gazprom and Bolivian state-owned oil and gas company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) signed a roadmap for implementation of projects…
Four Ukrainian universities made it to the list of the latest World University Rankings, released annually by Times Higher Education. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, National technical University of Ukraine – Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University had a rating in the range of 801 and…
The European Commission (EC) will cease investigation into Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant project with Russia’s participation as Budapest has provided all necessary explanations regarding construction of two new nuclear reactors at the facility, Bloomberg reported citing Benedek Javor, a Hungarian deputy at the European parliament. Hungary has provided sufficient justification why the construction contract…