Russian Lada cars are still the most popular brand in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Union of Automobile Industry Enterprises said in a message. In February official dealers in the country sold 467 Lada cars. Japanese Toyota was the second best seller in Kazakhstan with 465 cars sold in the reporting month. French Renault with 238 cars sold…
DetailsDushanbe authorities have launched two new routes and introduced changes to a number of operational routes. Thus, Dushanbe authorities have launched a new minivan route from Chortut area to the Dushanbe city Southern Gate. Minivan No. 42 runs along this route. The Dushanbe administration has also re-launched a trolleybus route from Qariyai Bolo to the…
DetailsLabor minister A. Abduhakimov received the World Bank mission, led by Afrah al-Ahmadi, senior specialist on private sector Christopher David Miller, senior economists of the World Bank Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad and Oleksiy Sluchinskiy. The purpose of the meeting was extensive consultation on the concept, scope and content of the components of the project initiated by…
DetailsThe National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has simplified the purchase of foreign currency for certain transactions, according to the central bank’s website. The NBU, in particular, allowed business entities to buy currency at the expense of loan funds in the hryvnia attracted under state guarantees for implementing programs related to improving the defense capacity and…
DetailsBelarus is expected to increase rapeseed output in 2017. According to market operators, rapeseed winterkilling did not exceed 3% that is the minimal level over the last seasons and it could be offset by spring varieties. On the assumption of average yield at 1.6 ton/ha, rapeseed production could at least double last year result. Weather…
DetailsThe Ministry of economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a meeting with the President of the European Bank for reconstruction and development Suma Chakrabarti. EBRD delegation was informed in detail about the achievements of the socio-economic development of the country in recent years, in particular about large-scale economic reforms aimed at further structural transformation…
DetailsThe international ratings agency Fitch Ratings expects that the Azerbaijani economy will grow by 0.2% in 2017, says the agency’s report on Azerbaijan that was made public at the sixth annual meeting in Baku on March 16. It should be noted that the country’s GDP decreased by 3.8% in 2016. Meanwhile, experts forecast the resumption…
DetailsSince the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, Ukraine has exported 30.83 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. In particular, wheat exports totaled 13,97 million tons, barley – more than 4.7 million tons, and corn – 11.91 million tons. Flour export reached 267.8 thousand tons, including 266.7 thousand tons…
DetailsResidents of villages in the upper Vanj valley of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) have begun receiving electricity. Abdullo Amonbekov, a spokesman for Pamir Energy Company, says the small hydroelectric power plant “Tekharv” with capacity of 400 kW, located in the Vanj district, has begun generating electricity after major repairs. “This has allowed us…
DetailsTwo troubled commercial banks – Tajprombank (Tajik Joint-Stock Commercial Industrial Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and Fononbank – have begun paying out savings to their customers. The banks began to pay out savings starting from March 16, according to the Deposit Insurance Fund, which insures savings deposits of physical entities. The Dushanbe Economic Court launched…
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