A free trade deal signed between Georgia and Hong Kong this June will be sent to the Parliament of Georgia for ratification, the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze announced. “The most important priority of our economic strategy is to better integrate Georgia into the global economy. I want to remind you that we are…
DetailsNakhchivan Automobile Plant is implementing a project for production of electric cars, which, along with being cost-effective, are environmentally friendly, Director of the Nakhchivan Automobile Plant Musa Abdullayev reported on October 3. At the same time, the plant ordered ambulances based on a LIFAN commercial minivan and the first models would be assembled in early…
DetailsKazakhstan has harvested 18.17 million tons on grain as of October 3. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, farmers have harvested 13,453,700 hectares, which constitutes 89.5% of the areas planted to grain crops, with the average yield of 13.5 hundredweights per hectare. As of October 3, 2017 farmers had harvested 15,170,300 hectares or 99% of…
DetailsIn January-September UAH 165.2 billion in revenues were transferred to local budgets in Ukraine, up by 23.6% YoY, the press service of the State Fiscal Service (SFS) reports. “In January-September local budgets received UAH 165.2 billion of payments controlled by the SFS, up by UAH 31.5 billion more compared with the corresponding period last year,”…
DetailsIn January-September revenues from taxes and fees totaling UAH 525.9 billion were transferred to the general fund of the state budget, up by 14% YoY, according to the press service of the State Fiscal Service (SFS). “In January-September the general fund of the state budget received UAH 525.9 billion of payments controlled by the SFS,…
DetailsAbout 155 tons of grapes have been picked in Georgia’s western Racha region as of September 30. This year 1,500 tons of Mujuretuli and Aleksandrouli grape varieties are expected to be harvested in Racha. 29 wine companies are involved in the grape harvesting process in Racha. Meanwhile, the grape harvest is coming to an end…
DetailsUpon switching to its winter flight schedule, the Estonian state-owned airline Nordic Aviation Group, operating under the Nordica brand, will discontinue flights to Gothenburg and Kiev Zhuliany as well as scale back its service to Munich and Oslo. Nordica CEO Hannes Saarpuu said that it was the airline’s duty to ensure connections with the hubs…
DetailsThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has sold its stake in Holcim Azerbaijan (Garadagh Cement Plant) to one of the shareholders, spokesman for EBRD, Anton Usov, declared. The EBRD shares in Holcim Azerbaijan (10%) was sold to LafargeHolcim, he added. Usov refused to disclose the amount of the deal, mentioning the confidentiality of…
DetailsIn January-July Ukrainian producers of canned fish exported 2,702 tons of products to the tune of $4.6 million, up by 31% YoY. “As the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reports, in January-July Ukraine exported 2,702 tons of finished fish and canned fish products to the tune of $4.6 million. In monetary terms, the exports showed…
DetailsPrime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that the draft state budget for 2019 envisages the priorities and development programs that are already being implemented in the country, the government’s portal reports. “These are reconstruction of roads, assistance to farmers, and our initiatives in the healthcare sector, energy efficiency, etc. It’s a balanced budget that will…
DetailsAs of October 1, assets of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Relief Fund was more than 94 million manats, over $213,577, 12,436 euros, and 5,000 Russian rubles, the press service of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a message. The Armed Forces Relief Fund was created by a presidential decree on August 17, 2002. The Fund is…
DetailsA lot of work has gone into the Tartu city council’s revision of the local bus lines, but the city’s residents think that the planned changes fail to take everyday life into account, and that they aren’t practical. The city council introduced the planned changes in a public discussion. The proposed revision of the city’s…
DetailsLithuanian agriculture minister Giedrius Surplys has called on the European Commission to cover losses incurred by the country’s farmers from drought and swine fever.
According to the minister, Lithuanian farmers are estimated to have incurred 0.5 billion euros in losses due to drought over the last summer. (BNN/Business World Magazine)
In January-August UAH 11.8 billion of military tax was transferred to the state budget, up by 24.4% YoY, the press service of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine reports. According to the SFS, the planned figures for the revenues from military tax for the reported period were fulfilled by 102.3%, and UAH 259.4 million was…
DetailsThe military of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation (JFO) have received a brand-new armored personnel carrier (BTR) Butsefal (“Bucephalus”), developed by the Kharkiv-based Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau, a state-owned enterprise. “The newest BTR-4E Butsefal is an eight-wheel drive armored personnel carrier, developed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv-based Machine Building Design Bureau and manufactured at the…
DetailsGeorgia’s economy grew by 4.8% YoY in the first eight months of 2018, announced the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in August was 2%, Geostat said. Last month the estimated real growth, compared to the same period of the previous year, was posted in the…
DetailsA number of Ryanair flights have been cancelled due to a strike on September 28, but Tallinn Airport confirmed that the Irish discount airline’s scheduled flights to and from Tallinn remained unaffected. Of 2,400 flights scheduled for September 28, Ryanair canceled nearly 250, as flight crews in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain…
DetailsWork on the reconstruction of the Baku-Yalama railway is scheduled to begin in 2019, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, Javid Gurbanov announced. “Tender documents will be signed soon. The length of the railway is about 200 kilometers. Also, work is underway to move the 313 kilometers-long Baku-Astara railway, a part of which lies…
DetailsThe Health Ministry of Ukraine plans to sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Dutch organization Task Force Health Care. “Thanks to the Task Force Health Care, the Dutch medical business will get an opportunity to invest in Ukrainian medicine. Within the framework of The World of Health Care international congress, Deputy Health Minister Roman…
DetailsUkraine has conducted the successful test of a new armored recovery vehicle “Lev”, which could be used for towing and repairing battle-damaged military equipment in combat conditions, the country’s state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom said. Designed by Lviv Armour Vehicle Factory, “Lev” is based on the Soviet T-72 tank. It is equipped with a crane, which…
DetailsA new highway is planned to be built from Baku to the Russian border until 2020, Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev said. Mustafayev made the remarks at the round table meeting on “Strengthening of Cooperation in Transport and Transit Transport”, which is being held at the 9th Azerbaijan-Russia Interregional Forum in Baku on September…
DetailsSaeima’s Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee supported in the third reading amendments to the Handling of Alcoholic Beverages Law, which provided that small breweries would be allowed to produce drinks using berries, fruit and plants that grew in the wild or cultivated in gardens in Latvia. Amendments are intended to define that small…
DetailsThe first contract will soon be signed with Afghanistan on the delivery of Belarusian tractors assembled in Hisor, Belarus’ Ambassador to Tajikistan Oleg Ivanov declared on September 27. According to the diplomat, the leaders of the two countries instructed their governments to think about entering third countries with jointly manufactured products. “During the visit of…
DetailsUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovia for supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The meeting between the two presidents was held at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the press service of the head of state reported. In addition, the parties discussed a wide range…
DetailsThe surplus of Ukraine’s national budget in January-August was estimated at UAH 11.798 billion, or $420 million, down by 70% YoY (UAH 38.470 billion, or $1.369 million). The surplus of the country’s consolidated budget over the period under review was UAH 34.356 billion ($1.2 billion), down by 50% (UAH 68.646 billion, or $2.4 billion), according…
DetailsOn October 1 a free express bus will begin operating between Tartu Airport and the city of Tartu, serving the passengers of late-night arrivals to and early-morning departures from the airport. The bus route, which will be served by an electric bus, will begin and end by Annelinna Centre, at Kalda tee 43, according to…
DetailsAt least 5 new trolleybuses were delivered to Bishkek, vice mayor of Bishkek Gennady Militsky declared. “47 trolleybuses of 52 arrived in Bishkek. Delivery of the remaining five is expected by the end of the month,” he said. According to the vice mayor, most of the delivered vehicles already service their routes. “We are striving…
DetailsDraft state, consolidated budgets of Azerbaijan for 2019 and indicators of the consolidated budget for the next three years have been submitted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The corresponding decision, published on September 26 in the newspaper “Khalg Gazeti”, was signed by Azerbaijani Prime Minister Novruz Mammadov. Also, the “Concept and Indicators of Azerbaijan’s Economic…
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