Growing need for capacity, the presence of NATO allies and increasingly more complex weapons systems are putting pressure on Estonia’s defense sector and the three or four private companies, which conduct maintenance work. The state is investing EUR 200 million over the next decade to improve the situation. The Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) uses the…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased $350.1 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week. Following the foreign exchange interventions, the National Bank bought $350.1 million on the interbank foreign exchange market between October 18 and October 23. Since the start of 2021, the National Bank has sold $197 million and purchased $2,374.4…
As of October 21, 457 thousand tons of sugar beets were harvested in Poltava region. The Department of Agricultural Development of the Regional State Administration reported that sugar beets were harvested from the area of 11.4 thousand hectares – 44% of the planned. 457 thousand tons were harvested with the average yield of 401 hundredweights/ha.…
For the first time since the company’s foundation, AS Baltic Express (BE) has commenced transporting freights to the Freeport Riga. After signing the contract with SIA Alpha Osta, which operated from the Freeport of Riga, Baltic Express carried 15 freight cars with a total freight volume of more than 60,000 tons to Riga last month.…
Chemical company Chemi-Pharm has received a building permit for the construction of a pharmaceutical plant in the territory of the Saku municipality near Tallinn and plans to start construction this year. The comprehensive solution for the three-story, 8,500-square meter pharmaceutical plant integrated with the existing building of Chemi-Pharm was prepared by Innopolis Insenerid OU, spokespeople…
Kyrgyzstan buys drones from Turkey and Russia, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiev has said. According to him, 300 million soms were allocated from the budget for the purchase of 40 units of armored military equipment to strengthen the personnel of the State Border Service of the State Committee for National…
Presidential candidate of Uzbekistan from the Movement of Entrepreneurs and Business People, the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with voters in the Jizzakh region. Addressing supporters, Mirziyoyev unveiled plans to implement more than 4,000 large, medium and small investment projects in the region totaling $12 billion, which would result in the creation…