Belarus’ exports to Poland went up by 19% in January-August, Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov said at the 5th meeting of the Belarusian-Polish working group on trade and investment on October 25. The working group is part of the Belarus-Polish joint commission on economic cooperation. “According to the Belarusian statistics, the bilateral…
DetailsThe next round of consultations between the foreign ministries of Turkmenistan and Romania has recently taken place in Bucharest, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message. At the meeting, the sides noted the development of relations in the political and diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. “Particular attention was paid to energy and transport issues,”…
DetailsThe State Fishing Agency reports a decline in fish catch in Ukrainian water basins (inland water basins and seas) in January-September by 13.9% YoY, to 35,200 tons. Fish catch in the Black Sea remained unchanged at 3,900 tons. Some 13,900 tons of fish was caught in the Azov Sea (down by 31%). Fish catch in…
DetailsThe state-owned Oschadbank (Kyiv) seeks to boost the share of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in its loan portfolio 6-fold by 2020, to 30%, Oschadbank Board Chairman Andriy Pyshny has said. “The development strategy of Oschadbank, which has been in the active phase of modernization in the past three years carried out jointly with our…
DetailsSergiy Tigipko intends after the purchase of VS Bank (Lviv) to merge it with TAScombank (Kyiv), the businessman said during the Ukrainian banking forum CIS Bankers held in Kyiv. “We want to merge VS Bank and TAScombank – we undertook such obligations. This will allow us to significantly increase the capital (by 60%), which we’ve…
DetailsAccusations made by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor), which believes Belarus re-exports tomatoes, are groundless, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats declared. The official reminded that the Russian agency already inspected gardens, farms, and storage facilities in Belarus at the beginning of the year. “Tensions were relieved and…
DetailsThe World Bank predicts a slight increase in GDP of Kyrgyzstan by 2019. In three years, the economy will grow by 1.3%, the regular review of the economic situation in Europe and Central Asia says. Thus, following the results of 2017, the World Bank expects that the real GDP of Kyrgyzstan with constant market prices…
DetailsAzerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC plans to order the construction of vessels to Australian companies, President of Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce in Australia Nizami Jafarov reported. “Talks on the construction of new vessels are not yet underway, but we have such plans for the future,” he said. Jafarov reminded that in 2013, Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping and…
DetailsIndustrial production in Ukraine in September decreased by 0.3% YoY, while in August it increased by 1.2%, the State Statistics Service has said. The agency said taking into account adjustment for the effect of calendar days, industrial production in September from September 2016 declined by a mere 0.1%. It said in comparison with the previous…
DetailsItaly-based Ernest Airlines carried out its first flight from Orio al Serio International Airport (Milan/Bergamo) to the Ukrainian Danylo Halytskyi International Airport in Lviv with 102 passengers on board on October 20, according to Lviv airport’s press service. The plane made its return flight to Milan with 99 passengers on board, it said. Ernest Airlines…
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