As of July 1, Belarus’ external state debt totaled $13.1 billion, up by $637.1 million, or 5.1% since the beginning of the year (taking into account differences in currency exchange rates), representatives of the Belarusian Finance Ministry said. In January-June external state borrowings totaled $943.8 million, including $500 million borrowed from the Eurasian Fund for…
Belarus and China intend to set up a center to develop innovative technologies in the area of industrialization of scientific and technical achievements, the press service of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus said. The sides intend to sign an agreement on establishing a Belarusian-Chinese center meant to develop innovative technologies for industrializing…
Gold mining company Highland Gold, whose major shareholder is Primerod International Ltd. of the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and partners (32% stake), has invited Chinese investors to develop its deposits at Unkurtash in Kyrgyzstan. Statement of willingness to work with the Chinese investors was made at an industry conference in Beijing, the representative of Highland…
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) Consortium said that 14,000 pipes had already been delivered to Greece and Albania for the construction of the Trans Adriatic gas pipeline. This amount accounts for about 30% of all pipes that will be used for the pipeline’s construction. TAP project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas…
Twelve more entrepreneurs have received investment promotion documents worth a total of 106 million manats for their projects. The documents were handed to the entrepreneurs during the event organized by Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry on July 29. Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Niyazi Safarov said that despite the difficult economic situation in the world, Azerbaijan took systematic…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved of the state order for 64 scientific and technical (experimental) inventions as well as scientific and technical production in 2016. The corresponding decision has been taken at a government meeting. Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliia Grynevych said the inventions would be launched in 2016…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved of the project on modernization and overhaul of the section 3,364.5-3,391.2 km of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline. The corresponding decision is outlined in the Cabinet resolution No. 523-r dated July 22. The total cost of repairs of the section 26.7 km long was approved at 1.21 billion UAH, in…