The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in 2017 divided banks into three groups – state-run banks, banks of foreign bank groups and banks with private capital, the NBU has reported on its website. According to NBU Board decision No. 76-sh dated February 10, the state-run banks group includes banks where the state directly or indirectly…
The Polish company Limba has offered design solutions for solid municipal waste recycling plant construction using advanced technologies in Zakarpattia region. This is reported by the press service of Zakarpattia Regional State Administration referring to a relevant cooperation agreement signed by the Polish company’s representatives and the state administration. The technologies offered by the Polish…
Gazprom International, an affiliate of Russia’s state-controlled company Gazprom, has given up the two last licenses for exploration of hydrocarbon fields in Tajikistan. According to information posted on Gazprom International’s website, the company decided to give up licenses for exploration of the Sariqamish and Western Shohambari gas fields in Tajikistan as “no commercial inflow was…
The head of the state Shavkat Mirziyoev reviewed the projects on organization of production of textile products at LLC Janub textiles, Uzbek-English joint venture Amudar Tex in Termez and LLC Sherobod textile invest in Sherabad district. The demand for “Made in Uzbekistan” textile products is growing all over the world. The climatic conditions of the…
Coal stocks in the warehouses of thermal power plants (TPP) of Ukraine in January decreased by 5.5% and as of February 1, stood at 1.948 million tons, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has reported. In particular, gas coal and long-flame coal stocks amounted to 905,900 tons, while anthracite coal stocks amounted to 1.042…
The European Union will allocate money for the development of agriculture in the regions. Kyrgyzstan requests help to providing drinking water supply, First Deputy Head of the President’s Office Sapar Isakov said. According to him, during the visit of President Almazbek Atambayev to Germany and Belgium the signing of two financial agreements is expected. EUR…
Products from Kyrgyzstan may work up the European market, First Deputy Head of the President’s Office Sapar Isakov said. According to him, Europe became close in spirit to Kyrgyzstan. Evidence of this is the frequent visits to the European Union: the President was three times in Belgium and twice in Germany. “Since then, we have…
The main part of the citizens, who applied for the representation of the State Migration Service of the Kyrgyz Republic in Moscow, complained of Russian employers who refused to pay salaries in the amount of 9,510,800 rubles, the state service reported. According to it, 68 applications from citizens, including collective, were received from January 4…
9 banks out of 35 largest Ukrainian banks have finished the additional capitalization programs and restructuring plans after stress tests conducted earlier as of February 1, and 11 initially did not require additional capitalization, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. The NBU said that 15 more banks continued implementing the additional capitalization programs, and…
GDP growth rate in Turkmenistan amounted to 6.2% in 2016, the country’s Ministry of Economy and Development said. The growth rate has increased by 1.1% in the industrial sector, by 4.3% – in construction, by 10.7% – in transportation and communication sector, by 14.1% in trade, by 9.9% in agriculture and by 10.4% in the…
Gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities declined by 38.6%, to 9.044 billion cubic meters since October 13, 2016 when the current heating season began, through February 11. Ukraine withdrew 87.94 million cubic meters from underground storage on February 11, and a total of 840.54 million cubic meters on February 1 through February 11 (74,41…
Surplus of Ukraine’s national budget in October 2016 totaled UAH 3.1 billion thanks to the improvement of the revenue target implementation along with moderate spending, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported. “In October 2016, growth of revenue of the national budget resumed (by 29.9% YoY). In contrast to the previous months it was…
President Shavkat Mirziyoev during his trip to Surkhandarya region reviewed the activities of the agricultural firm Agro Fresh Gold in the Termez district. Surkhandarya farmers are making a worthwhile contribution to the welfare of the people, prosperity and abundance in the markets of the country all year round. 7% of cultivation lands of the country…
Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, is reportedly continuing to work on resuming domestic flights en route Dushanbe – Khorog – Dushanbe. The airline, however, says it needs benefits to operate domestic flights. “We are currently doing everything in our power to resume the flight Dushanbe – Khorog – Dushanbe,” Aziz Khairulloyev, a spokesman for…
Licenses of 13 exchange offices were revoked in 2016 for the systematic violation of regulations and failure to fulfill the requirements of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan. In recent years, the number of exchange offices increased in Kyrgyzstan. At the beginning of 2016 there were 394 of them – 65 more than in 2015. In…
In January the index of consumer prices for goods and services totaled 100.9% as against December 2016, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. In January the basic index of consumer prices that disregards changes of prices for the commodities and services affected by administrative and seasonal factors reached 100.7% as against December 2016. Food…
Tajikistan’s first privately owned air company, Somon Air, operated a test flight to the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The airline was operating the test flight to Tashkent with a delegation of the Tajik civil aviation authorities on board. Meanwhile, regular flights are expected every Monday from February 20, onward. Somoni Air has said in an…
Tajikistan intends to increase its gold-and-currency reserves, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT). The country’s gold-and-currency reserves rose by 37% YoY by December 31, 2016, reaching $681.98 million, which was an equivalent of about 2.7 months of imports. Last year, Tajikistan’s average monthly imports amounted to $252 million. As of January 1, 2016…
In his recent resolution, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved of the feasibility report of ‘Construction of Tashkent Airport New International Passenger Terminal (Tashkent 4),’ an investment project. Uzbekistan Airways is constructing the terminal under the Engineering, Communication and Road Transport Development and Modernization Program for 2015-2019. The project is exemplary of bilateral relations between Uzbekistan and…
Russian aviation was redeployed from air bases in Chelyabinsk region and the air base «Kant» (Kyrgyzstan) to Tajikistan, the Assistant Commander of the Central Military District, Colonel Jaroslav Roshupkin said. «Aircrafts of operational-tactical aviation — Su-24M and Su-25 SM — were redeployed to the airfield Aini near Dushanbe for a planned joint training of units…
The Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund expects that state-run Oschadbank (Kyiv) would become participant of the fund in the middle of 2018, Managing Director of the fund Kostiantyn Vorushylin said. “We expect that from 2018 Oschadbank will become participant of the fund. It is already planned. This will mean additional payments to the fund,” he said,…
73 villages of Kyrgyzstan have no mobile communications, the director of the State Committee for Information Technology and Communications Bakyt Sharshembiev said. According to him, the agency has made a plan under which each mobile company at its own expense should connect these villages to mobile communications in the next three years. «Today Kyrgyzstan has…
Transfer of Ungar-Too station is out of question, the director of the State Committee for Information Technology and Communications Bakyt Sharshembiev said. According to him, the conversation was about the construction of another station in the same area to amplify signals. «At the moment the station on Ungar-Too is operating normally,” Bakyt Sharshembiev said. In…
Raiffeisen Bank Aval saw UAH 3.804 billion of profit after taxation in 2016, being the best among Ukrainian banks, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported. Citibank saw UAH 1.45 billion of profit and OTP Bank saw UAH 913.76 million, being third. Credit Agricole Bank saw UAH 807.79 million and ING Bank Ukraine –…
TMM developing and construction firm LLC (Kyiv) intends to realize a project to build a solid household waste-to-energy plant near combined heat and power plant No. 6 in Kyiv, TMM Director General Mykola Tolmachev has said. “The waste combust technology is similar to the “magma” technology when waste is heated on hot stone without the…