In January-September, freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja climbed by 8% YoY, to 5.06 million tons, the Port Authority reported. Handling of grain and cereal products rose by 1.4%, to 1.92 million tons, while handling of anthracite – sank by 88.3%, to 28,800 tons, handling of building materials fell by 4.3%, to 549,200…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week. Following the foreign exchange interventions, the National Bank bought $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market between October 11 and October 13. Since the start of 2021, the National Bank has sold $197 million and purchased $2,024.3…
Ukraine has a huge potential for large-scale biogas production that to ensure its energy independence, CEO of the NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko has said. “This means new jobs, this is independence from gas imports. We have a huge potential for biogas production, which can and should be used, in particular, for heat production,” Vitrenko…
In order to ensure the consistent and continuous development of the Georgian army, a higher defense budget has been outlined for the coming year. The parliamentary committee on defense and security discussed the 2022 state budget. The 2022 budget to be distributed among defense agencies is as follows: Ministry of Defense – 918 million GEL…
As of September 1, the assets of all banks in Uzbekistan amounted to $37.6 billion, up by 22.5% YoY, according to the Bank Activity Index released by the Center for Economic Research and Reforms of Uzbekistan (CERR). The liabilities of banks also increased by 24%, to $31.6 billion. Total capital stood at $6.1 billion, up…
Lithuania plans to have direct passenger flights between the country and Kazakhstan from next year, according to a press release by the Transport and Communications Ministry. “As we are arranging and complementing the map of flights from Lithuania, Kazakhstan is among our most important destinations in Asia due to its economic relations with Lithuania,” Transport…
Land acquisition for Rail Baltic is five years behind schedule, a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) shows. So far, only a quarter of the land needed has been purchased by the state. Only 6% of land has been acquired in Harju County, the most populated. The report said this was “worrying” in…