A bill aimed at slashing VAT on energy bills is being held-up at the Riigikogu – partly because the chamber is nearing the end of a four-week winter recess in any case – but also as the two coalition partners, Reform and Center, aim to patch up differences on the bill. While Reform opposed cutting…
Lithuania could consider building small-scale nuclear power plants in the future to speed up the restructuring of its energy sector, the President Gitanas Nauseda has said. “We can discuss, for example, small-scale nuclear power plants. For the time being, we have to focus on the need to produce green energy and diversify our energy sources,…
Regular flights of Uzbekistan Airways scheduled for January 5 on the return flight Urgech (Uzbekistan) to Aktau (Kazakhstan) have been canceled due to the closure of the international airport Aktau. According to the company, the days when the flights will be resumed on this route will be announced later. The decision to cancel the flight…
According to the trade monitoring data from January to September 2021, Ukraine ranked 4th in EU’s agri-food imports and 14th in agri-food exports from EU countries. The information on the results of EU agri-food trade in January-September 2021 was published on the website of the European Commission. The results concerning Ukraine are reflected in the…
Bilateral trade between China and Ukraine reached a record $15.76 billion from January to October 2021, or a third more than in the same period of 2020, Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong said on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Ukraine. The diplomat noted that over the past…
Entrepreneurs held a rally near the building of the Government House in Bishkek. About 80 people took part in the protest. They oppose the mandatory installation of cash registers. “We are worried that introduction of the new Tax Code will have a negative impact. First of all, products will rise in price, then the business…
Georgia’s imports from Azerbaijan from January through November 2021 amounted to $509 million, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. According to Geostat, the current figure increased by 12.7%, compared to $451.6 million over the same period of 2020. Top-5 exporting goods from Azerbaijan to Georgia were fuels and lubricants – $340.9 million, industrial supplies –…