Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has severely reprimanded Magsat Aydogdiyev, Minister of Automobile Transport, for improper performance of duties and shortcomings in work, the Turkmen government said in its message. “The head of state pointed to the low level of measures for further modernization and improvement of transport sphere in the country and expressed his discontent…
DetailsBelarusian foods are showcased during the international expo of agricultural products, food, and beverages Gulfood 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. A Belarusian pavilion was arranged with assistance of the Embassy of Belarus in the UAE. It features products made by a number of…
DetailsKazakhstan produced 2,105 vehicles worth 12.1 billion tenge in January, reads a report issued by the Union of Enterprises of the Automobile Industry of Kazakhstan “KazAvtoProm”. The volume of output in physical terms exceeded the last year’s indicator 3.6-fold. The production of passenger cars increased 3.7-fold, reaching 2,041 units. The output of trucks (52 units)…
DetailsAgroliga Group is completing the construction of an oil extraction plant in the town settlement of Nova Vodolaga (Kharkiv region). The launch of the plant is scheduled for Q1. The claimed range of oilseed crushing volumes varies within 100-180 KMT with no additional investment in equipment. If minor investment is attracted, this capacity could be…
DetailsNatural gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities (USFs) on February 10-17 shrank by 5.2%, or 611 million cubic meters, from 11.681 billion cubic meters on the previous week to 11.070 billion cubic meters. In particular, 91.27 million cubic meters of gas were withdrawn from the storage facilities on February 17 alone, the state-run gas…
DetailsThe Estonian Maritime Administration has halted ship traffic in the part of Haapsalu Bay located south of Seasaar and east of the Rohukula-Sviby shipping lane, Maritime Administration spokesperson Priit Poiklik reported. The Estonian Road Administration has requested that, in case of appropriate weather conditions, ship traffic in the area of the planned Haapsalu-Noarootsi ice road…
DetailsPrime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects laws on the continuing tax reform to be passed by the parliament by July and to take effect in early 2019. According to Skvernelis, the reform will include an overhaul of second-pillar pension systems and amendments aimed at reducing the tax burden “both on labor and the overall (tax burden),…
DetailsWheat crops take up more than 700,000 hectares of agricultural areas in Turkmenistan. Vegetation watering was carried out. Additional mineral fertilizing of soil will be done closer to spring. Seeds of high-yield wheat were being used during the sowing. Measures to protect winter crops against pests and diseases are being taken. About 1 million tons…
DetailsUkraine imports 80% of the consumed fish, according to First Deputy Agrarian Policy Minister Maksym Martyniuk. He stated that Ukraine had huge potential for import substitution. “We need to develop the production of aquaculture: once the fish is produced in Ukraine and sold for the Ukrainian hryvnia, then poachers, who now receive fish for free…
DetailsPrivatBank has started an internal investigation into the leakage of bank secrecy, the bank has said in a press release. “We want an understanding of the need to conduct this complicated work in the bank and avoid public manipulation using unreliable information regarding the investigation process, both in statements by politicians and public figures with…
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