The price of Lithuania’s staple food – potatoes – rose the most among produce sold in the country. The key ingredient behind the likes of Cepelinai, Vedarai, and Kugelis cost on average 70 cents per kilogram, rising by 66.1% since last year, according to a survey carried out by pricer.lt. Bananas came second, rising by…
DetailsUkraine needs at least UAH 300 billion for the repair of 24,000 km of major highways, according to Acting Head of Ukraine’s State Agency of Automobile Roads (Ukravtodor) Slawomir Nowak. In an interview with DW, he recalled that the World Bank Annual Report 2017 stated that Ukraine needed UAH 150 billion to repair 24,000 km…
DetailsUkraine imported 13,500 tons of pork for $25.71 million in the first seven months of 2019, the State Fiscal Service has reported. Pork imports to Ukraine over the period exceeded exports in monetary terms 10-fold, according to the report. The largest pork supplier with a share of 48.46% was Poland, followed by Germany (19.79%) and…
DetailsThe coalition government agreed on its nationwide real estate investment strategy for the coming year at a meeting on August 12 night, and is set to finalize its plans on August 15. Minister of Public Administration Jaak Aab (Centre) is to review the agreement and outline a more precise plan at the next cabinet meeting…
DetailsGeorgia’s external trade decreased by 0.2% and reached $7.07 billion in January-July, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The value of Georgian exports increased by 12.3%, to $2.10 billion, while the value of imports decreased by 4.7%, to $4.96 billion, said Geostat. In the reporting period Georgia’s trade deficit came out to $2.86…
DetailsAccording to analysts of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), Azerbaijan will continue economic growth, despite lower prices for raw materials and low growth rates in Russia and China, which significantly affects the regional economy, the IIF report on Caucasus and Central Asia says. According to the report, Azerbaijan is on course to expand its…
DetailsJSC Ukrzaliznytsia plans to overhaul and purchase about 50 passenger wagons this year, Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov has said. “Last year we upgraded about 120 wagons. This year we plan to overhaul and purchase about 50 wagons. All of them are equipped with individual sockets and have air conditioning. Today about half of our…
DetailsA new Kyiv “river tram” route has been launched along the Dnipro River between the city’s Podil and Obolon areas. The route was officially launched on August 10. Several dozen people have already made their first voyage. Kyiv’s “river tram” resumed its service after a six-year break. It will offer three voyages a day in…
DetailsAlthough the Latvian excise duty on strong alcoholic beverages has been cut by 15%, retailers haven’t yet lowered prices, as they are still selling the products purchased at the previous tax rate, Henriks Danusevics, president of the Latvian Traders Association, announced. Danusevics explained that retailers could start buying alcoholic beverages at the reduced tax rate…
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