A week from now, from September 9 onward, Swedbank clients will no longer be able to use code cards to use internet banking services, Swedbank warns. Clients who still have not transitioned to other authentication tools are urged to do this within the week. Once the time is over, clients who have not switched to…
According to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the nearest future the northern Norwegian port of Narvik may become an important part of the Trans-Eurasian transit-transport corridor. This has been discussed in the city of Narvik during a meeting between Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Norway, governor of the city Rune Edvardsen and Rune Arnoy,…
Azexport.az portal and “Single Window” Export Support Center, operating under the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication, have been increasing the country’s export potential by facilitating trade procedures through new mechanisms. Azerbaijani producers received export orders worth $346.6 million in January-July through the Azexport.az portal. Export orders increased by 10% compared to the…
Senior analyst with Forex Club Andriy Shevchyshyn says the forex rate of the hryvnia, Ukraine’s national currency, may strengthen to UAH 25 per U.S. dollar in the first week of September. The reference value of the hryvnia exchange rate was UAH 25.23 to the dollar as of September 1. “It is likely that the hryvnia…
On August 27 the commission for granting rights to the operation of air routes under the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine allowed the Ukrainian airline SkyUp to perform flights to the capitals of Sri Lanka and Israel. As the press service of the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine reports, SkyUp airline was granted the right…
It is being proposed in Azerbaijan not to consider wine as an alcoholic drink, and to widely advertise it. Such a proposal was made by director of the AzGranata plant Vugar Mikayilov. Mikayilov made the proposal during the round table meeting titled “Prospects of wine industry development in Azerbaijan and development of export potential”, which…
The Georgian GDP increased by 6.1% in July, show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Geostat reported that GDP grew by 5.1% overall in January-July. In July the estimated real growth compared to the same period of the previous year was posted in the following activities: construction, manufacturing, trade, real…