Ukraine’s total state direct and government-guaranteed debt in April grew by 2.7%, or by UAH 21.12 billion ($1.95 billion), to UAH 1.973 trillion ($74.31 billion), Ukraine’s Finance Ministry reported on its website. Since the beginning of the year the total state (direct) and government-guaranteed debt in dollar terms has increased by 4.7%. According to the…
DetailsUkraine’s Infrastructure Ministry Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has supported the idea of curtailing bus and railways travel to and from the Russian Federation and establishing a visa regime with that country. “As a citizen of Ukraine I support the idea,” Omelyan said, adding it was up to Ukraine’s government to make the final decision. Omelyan, meanwhile,…
DetailsCompared to April 2016, industrial production output increased by 9.6% in April 2017. Industrial production output in manufacturing grew by 6.2%, in mining and quarrying by 20.7%, and in electricity and gas supply by 18.8%. Increase in manufacturing was significantly affected by the rise in manufacture of electrical equipment (by 31.9%), manufacture of computer, electronic…
DetailsBelarus has raised more than $140 million in direct investment from Finland over the past five years, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Finland and concurrently to the Kingdom of Denmark Alexander Ostrovsky said. Finland is among top 20 investors of Belarus. Last year alone, the volume of investments amounted to $12.5 million, of…
DetailsKostanay-Moscow flight has been relaunched and will be operated three times a week. Assistant to director of the Kostanay airport Alexander Andreyev revealed that the renewal of the Kostanay-Moscow flight had been long time in the making. As a result, Aeroflot air carrier made the best proposal. “The airline carried out the first successful flight…
DetailsStructural reforms, including those in the banking sector, will help ensure the growth of Azerbaijan’s GDP, reads the latest edition of the World Bank’s (WB) Global Economic Prospects report. The report says Azerbaijan’s economy will grow by 0.6% in 2018 and by 1.3% in 2019. Since the beginning of 2017, Azerbaijan’s economy began to recover,…
DetailsThe state and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in January-April rose by $3.33 billion, or by 4.7%, to $74.31 billion as of April 30, according to the Finance Ministry’s website. The debt in hryvnia equivalent for the said period went up by UAH 3.16 billion, or by 2.2%, to UAH 1.973 trillion. According to the given…
DetailsLOT Polish Airlines is to launch on August 4 a new international flight between the western Ukrainian city of Lviv and the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, according to the Lviv Regional State Administration. The flights will be performed twice a week on Mondays and Fridays, according to the schedule published by Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International…
DetailsIn June, UAH 725 million in subsidies will be paid to farmers, which is almost three times as much as in May, the press service of the Agrarian Policy Ministry reports. “The Agrarian Policy Ministry of Ukraine transferred to the non-budget account of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine UAH 692 million for automatic payment…
DetailsTurkmenistan’s GDP growth rate was 6.3% in January-May, Bashim Khojamamedov, deputy prime minister for economy and finances, said at a government meeting on June 3. The growth rate was 2.9% in industrial sector, 4.1% in construction, 10.8% in transportation and communication sector, 9.5% in trade, 3.6% in agriculture, and 10.2% in the sphere of services,…
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