In the next three years EUR 48 million will be spent on the construction of the Estonian-Russian border under the new budget. In explanatory remarks accompanying the 2020 state budget EUR 15.5 million has been earmarked for the construction of infrastructure on the eastern border in 2020, followed by EUR 23.6 million in 2021, and…
DetailsThe Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture is considering a proposal to ban the import of honey into country, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Agriculture Seyfaddin Talibov declared. Talibov made the remarks in Baku at the opening ceremony of the 20th fair and exhibition of beekeeping products. He stressed that important research was being carried out in this…
DetailsInfrastructure Minister of Ukraine Vladyslav Krykliy has stated that transport links with the occupied Crimea are not restored. “At the instruction of the President of Ukraine, the construction of the Chonhar and Kalanchak entry-exit checkpoints on Ukrainian administrative border with Crimea is nearing completion. Near the checkpoints, the stations are being equipped from which Ukrainian…
DetailsTax reform must be carried out in the spring of 2020, Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk said this during a meeting of President Volodymyr Zelensky with the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada, the government and law enforcement agencies at the Office of the President on September 2. “Tax reform. We plan to carry out…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsAccording 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,…
DetailsAzexport.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…
DetailsSenior 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…
DetailsOn 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…
DetailsIt 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…
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