Throughout the past week, the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has been conducting interventions selling dollars. The National Bank sold $21.4 million on November 16. The next day, the bank again entered the foreign exchange market with an intervention of $500,000. On November 18, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic sold $1.3 million. On November…
DetailsThe number of passengers serviced by Ukrainian transport companies in January-October decreased by 53.7% (2.2-fold) YoY, to 41.8 billion passenger-kilometers, according to the data provided by the State Statistics Service. Over the reporting period, 2.13 passengers used the services of domestic transport companies, down by 39.8%. In particular, the number of passengers carried by rail…
DetailsUkraine has topped the list of honey exporters to the European Union, a Food and Agriculture Organization consultant reports. “The volume of honey supplies from Ukraine to the EU in January-August increased by 16% YoY, while from China – decreased by 19%. Thus, Ukraine has become the No. 1 supplier of honey to the European…
DetailsTwo new road bridges linking the city and summer houses were put into operation in Taldykorgan, the Almaty region’s press service informed. The bridges were put on-stream over the Karatal River to improve transport links. Governor of the region Amandyk Batalov, veterans and locals took part in the official opening ceremony. KZT 595 million was…
DetailsIn October, electricity consumption using local production sources in Latvia was covered by 54%, while in October 2019 it was possible to produce 83% of the electricity needed in the country, according to Latvia’s electricity market survey compiled by the country’s power transmission system’s operator AS Augstsprieguma tikls. In October, 333,635 MWh of electricity was…
DetailsA telephone conversation took place between the acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Artem Novikov and the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov. Artem Novikov thanked for the humanitarian assistance provided by the Government of Uzbekistan as part of measures to counter the spread of coronavirus infection. During the conversation, the parties discussed issues of…
DetailsThe consolidated state budget for 2021 projects about UAH 27 billion to finance culture development. “The sphere of culture development is a priority of the state as evidenced by the funds laid down in the country’s budget,” Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said. “Let’s compare the expenditures on culture in 2020 and 2016.…
DetailsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed the government to develop a comprehensive program of measures to support small and medium-sized businesses during a lockdown. The head of state said this in a vlog posted on his Facebook page. “I instructed the government to develop a very important program of measures in the coming days, which…
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