The Ukrainian Finance Ministry will start internal reform with support of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The reform aims at improving business processes in the ministry. “The project will be fully financed by international donors and it does not require budget funds spending”, the ministry said after a meeting of Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk, his deputy Yevhen…
Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the “Rules of exempting trucks, trailers and semi-trailers of foreign states from road tax and state fee”. The rules became valid on June 1, and will be in effect for three years. The rules apply to foreign vehicles carrying freight to Iran and Turkey as well as from Iran…
Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discussed the creation of joint enterprises to produce food products, said Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry. The discussions were held within the meeting of Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev with Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Taqi Khalili. The economic cooperation between the two countries and other issues of mutual interest were also discussed during…
As of July 1, Ukrainian agrarians produced 1.4 million tons of grains and pulses (in bunker weight), an increase of 63.6% compared with the last year index on the same date, declared the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on July 15. In particular, agrarians harvested the largest grain volumes in Mykolaiv, Odessa and Kherson regions.…
General Electric will transfer a locomotive to Ukraine to demonstrate its capabilities on the Ukrainian railway. According to the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure, General Electric and Ukrzaliznytsia signed a relevant agreement on July 14. The locomotive of American production will arrive in Ukraine in the next two week. It will be on…
Gazprom is interested in gas transit via Belarus, Director General of OAO Gazprom Transgaz Belarus Vladimir Mayorov said. On July 15, Vladimir Mayorov took part in the solemn ceremony to open the sport facility Olimpiyets in Orsha. The facility was built by OAO Gazprom Transgaz Belarus in association with the Orsha District Executive Committee as…
Gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan grew by 7.8% in January-June, the session of the Cabinet of Ministers said on July 15. Industrial production in Uzbekistan rose by 6.7% in the first half of 2016, agriculture output by 6.8%, services by 12.9% and construction works by 17.5%. State budget was executed with 0.1% surplus to…