Sixteen Georgian wines are being showcased at Foodex Japan, an annual international food and beverage exhibition in Tokyo, the Georgian National Wine Agency reports. The event is enabling Georgian companies to promote their products, establish themselves in the Japanese market and find distributor partners in the country. The event also features representatives of the Agency…
As a result of a missile attack on March 9, three thermal power plants run by DTEK Energo were damaged. At one of the facilities, equipment sustained “serious damage.” That’s according to DTEK’s report on Telegram. “The enemy continues to launch massive terrorist attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities. On March 9, three DTEK Energo’s thermal…
Ukraine’s vineyard plantations have reduced by 14,000 hectares since 2014. The relevant statement was made during a round table meeting dedicated to the issues of winegrowing and wine production in Ukraine, which was held with the involvement of the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry. In the course of the meeting, the participants noted a…
The Monetary Policy Council (RPP), the Polish central bank’s rate-setting body, has kept the reference interest rate at 6.75%. The National Bank of Poland’s Lombard rate remained at 7.25%, the rediscount rate at 6.80% and the discount rate at 6.85%, the RPP announced after its sitting on March 8. The RPP also left the deposit…
The energy block No. 3 of the Termoelectrica heating supply enterprise has been put into operation, after a period of four months. More works were carried out during the energy block’s standing, included the repeated capital repair, re-setting of the system of cooling of the electric generator, project’s coordination, works of supervision and diagnosing the…
Future plans, including the possibility of starting the construction of the Kempinski hotel in Georgia, were discussed on March 7 by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Bernold Schroeder, the Chief Executive Officer of the Kempinski Group. At the meeting as part of his official visit to Germany, Garibashvili emphasised the investment opportunities and “favourable”…
Ukraine’s State Property Fund has already held 81 privatization auctions this year and attracted UAH 1 billion from private investors. Some 65% of the funds have already been transferred to the state budget. “The first billion hryvnias is a signal to businessmen that our country, despite the war, is an attractive place for investment. New…