Construction of 28 buildings of the Army City, launched in October of 2020, has been completed on the Mount Makhata. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who visited the Army City, said the government was “doing everything to provide our servicemen with decent conditions” and to ensure the “security guarantees for them”. The Army City project, with…
The Export Promotion Agency of Uzbekistan has signed a cooperation agreement with China’s largest e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. The document provides Uzbek entrepreneurs with unique access to the electronic B2B system and a separate section, thus granting them an opportunity to use the online marketplace. The Export Promotion Agency said it would cover the expenses…
The season of cloudberries and blueberries launches in Finland, as the first groups of foreign berry pickers have already arrived in the country. This summer, most berry pickers will be coming from Ukraine and Thailand. Finland’s association of entrepreneurs in the field of natural products elaborated that almost 3,000 cloudberry and blueberry pickers will arrive…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has revoked two licenses of Credit Union “Shans-Plus” on the basis of its own application, the central bank’s press service reports. “This decision was approved by the Committee for Supervision and Regulation of Nonbank Financial Services Market on July 14. Thus, two credit union’s licenses on providing financial services…
Environment Ministry has proposed two taxes aimed at reducing pollution from cars. A one-off levy would apply to cars first sold in Lithuania, while another tax would be paid annually. The first levy is a reformed version of the current registration tax and, according to Environment Vice Minister Gintare Krusniene, will only be paid on…
Freight traffic between January and June at the Port of Ventspils reached 5.83 million tons, down by 14.2% YoY, the port authority statistics showed. The six-month cargo volume includes 3.42 million tons of liquid bulk cargo handled at the port, 1.08 million tons of dry bulk cargo and 1.33 million tons of break-bulk cargo. There…
Retail prices for meat increased by almost 36% on average over the year. The National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan provided such data. Prices for beef on average reached 464.76 soms per kilogram and compared to the same date last year increased by 108 soms, or by 30.3%. Mutton costs 488.47 soms now, up by 41.12%.…