Uzbekistan: visa-free regime expanded

Uzbekistan has expanded its visa-free regime for citizens of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and China, including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau of the PRC (People’s Republic of China). From March 1, a visa-free regime is established for a period of 10 days from the date of entry into the territory of…

Ukraine: Astarta optimizes sugar assets

Astarta is reporting on completion of sale of its two sugar plants in Kharkiv region – Savynskiy and Novoivanivskiy. As previously communicated, the company’s management was focusing on improving the profitability of the sugar segment and optimizing the corresponding asset base by concentrating production on its core sugar mills in 2020. Since Kharkiv region does…