The price of Russian crude oil supplies to Belarus dropped by 25.4% YoY in January-June to $208, Belarus’ National Statistical Committee (Belstat) said in a report. Belarus’ expenditures on crude oil imports from Russia decreased by 24.8% YoY to $2.398 billion. In H1 2016 Belarus purchased 11.522 million tons of Russian crude, up by 0.9%…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stated that the investors from the South-East Asia are willing to invest in the Ukrainian economy. The President said this at the meeting of the National Council of Reforms. “We have not only European investors. Our talks during the visits to the South-East Asia show that today the investors are…
Plans have been made to implement a pilot project of the United Nations Organization to develop social entrepreneurship in several areas in Grodno region. The information was released during the latest meeting of UN Resident Coordinator in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha and Grodno region Governor Vladimir Kravtsov. Sanaka Samarasinha explained: “It is a new project that…
Kazakhstan intends to gather over 100 participating countries and over 5 million visitors during the EXPO 2017 that will take place in Astana, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Yergali Bulegenov said. As many as 97 countries and 18 international organizations have confirmed they are going to participate in the EXPO 2017.…
In 2016 Moldova will decrease the harvest of sunflower seed by 30-40% compared with the previously expected indices, due to weather conditions, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova declared. Agrarians noted that the oilseed yield dropped below 2 tons/ha, while the previously expected level totaled 3.5 tons/ha. July drought and heat became…
The CIS financial and economic forum will take place in Minsk in October, head of the CIS election observation mission Sergei Lebedev said. “The financial and economic forum will be held as part of the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council in Minsk. Almost every member state expressed its readiness to take part”,…
In Kazakhstan oilseeds planted area for 2016/2017 crop increased to 2118 thousand ha compared to 2101 thousand ha last year. Planted area approached the 2014/20015 season’s level, when the acreage reached all-time high at 2413 thousand ha. Despite rains, weather conditions allowed farmers to conduct seeding within optimum time. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)