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…
As of October 1, ten banks provided loans for a total sum of UAH 6.1 billion under state guarantees on a portfolio basis, the Finance Ministry’s press service reported. “As part of the support for micro-, small- and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine through the instrument of state guarantees on a portfolio basis, as of October…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects that Ukraine will receive a $700-million tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) until the end of the year. NBU Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko said this at a briefing on October 21. “This year, and it will, of course, depend on the IMF board, we expect a tranche worth…
Following the new and tight quarantine restrictions, the biggest food stores in Latvia – Lidl, Maxima and Rimi – are forced to change and adapt their operational strategy and open hours accordingly. From October 21 onward all Lidl stores in Latvia will stick to the following open hours: 06:30 – 19:00. As before, all food…
The Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia has reported 5 million GEL in revenue from ecotourism in 2021. In the first three quarters of 2021, revenue earned from visitors reached 4.87 million GEL, up 5.8-fold from the 845,000 the agency earned in the same period in 2020. The protected areas of Georgia, which reopened on…
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will prioritize Uzbekistan’s transformation to market-based economy through reforms, regional connectivity and cooperation, and sustainable and inclusive growth in planning its assistance, an ADB representative has announced. The representative stated that ADB assisted Uzbekistan with innovative financing instruments such as partial credit guarantees and public-private partnership schemes, consistent with Uzbekistan’s pursuit…