“Livestock section reports sustainable growth of 4%,” Agriculture Minister Saparkhan Omarov has said. Lending and extra subsiding measures yielded results. As a result, farm animals’ population increased. Meat production grew this year by 5.8% and poultry by 15.8%. Milk and meat processing increased by 7% and by 8% correspondingly. Dairy plants and meat cutting plants…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine have concluded a cooperation agreement on advisory services to support the preparation of Ukraine’s Public Buildings Energy Efficiency project. The agreement was signed on June 2 ahead of the upcoming donor meeting of the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund…
Renewable energy companies in Ukraine said they had written to the International Monetary Fund stating that the government’s plan to lower energy tariffs would complicate the country’s cooperation with the IMF. The IMF is expected on June 5 to approve a $5-billion loan package for Ukraine, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis,…
Latvian government is actively looking for a way to start construction of Liepaja Prison a year sooner than previously expected, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has announced. The prime minister reminded that when compiling this year’s budget an agreement was reached to commence the aforementioned project in 2022. “As far as I know, we are looking…
The Lithuanian government’s revenue is stabilizing after taking a hit from the coronavirus crisis, the finance minister said, even though it fell by 30% below target in May. “The situation is starting to stabilize here. By comparison, revenue collection in April was more than 32% lower than projected,” Vilius Sapoka reported. In May, the central…
“As part of the Employment Roadmap and other state programs, exclusive of Yenbek productive employment and mass entrepreneurship development state program, Kazakhstan created 196,400 workplaces,” Labor and Social Protection Minister Birzhan Nurymbetov told the Government meeting. According to him, 5,313 projects are being realized under the Employment Roadmap, 103,000 jobs have been created. 41,300 workplaces…
Ukraine’s national budget in January-May received UAH 381.75 billion ($14.2 billion) of revenues, down by UAH 50.256 billion ($1.88 billion) or 11.6% from the target, according to the website of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine. Revenues received for the specified period are 2.4% lower YoY. In May, the state budget received UAH 66.903 billion…