Nine representative bodies of Estonia’s manufacturing industry and the Estonian Employers’ Confederation jointly addressed the government protesting against a planned excise tax hike on natural gas. “During the next four years, the gas excise tax will increase so much that energy-intensive industries will lose out on almost the entire leading edge that the fall in…
DetailsBulgaria’s fall planting has come to its final stage. The country experienced contradictory weather conditions in the course of this work. On one hand, abundant October precipitation replenished soil moisture and produced a beneficial effect on growth of already sown winter crops. On the other hand, this precipitation stopped planting in most of the country’s…
DetailsA new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported on a Ukrainian backyard pig farm in Stavrove, Odessa, close to Moldova. Of the nine pigs on the farm, eight cases were confirmed. All nine pigs died as a result, to prevent the spread of the disease. (ThePigSite/Business World Magazine)
DetailsBelorusneft specialists have started performing hydraulic fracturing operations under the contract with Ukrgazvydobuvannia, a statement on the website of the oil company reads. “In accordance with the contracts, the specialists will conduct 50 hydraulic fracturing operations in Poltava region. This is the first large-scale oil service project in Ukraine for the Belarusian oil company”, the…
DetailsBelarus plans to increase supplies of agricultural machinery to Nicaragua. This matter was discussed during a working visit of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Ecuador Igor Poluyan to Nicaragua, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. In Managua, the Belarusian diplomat met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
DetailsAzerbaijan’s Central Bank (CBA) will carry out tight monetary policy in 2017, the CBA Chairman Elman Rustamov said. “Due to transition to a floating exchange rate of Azerbaijani manat, we switched to targeting the growth of money supply”, Rustamov said. “Our main goal is to prevent additional currency emission and not to exert pressure on…
DetailsUkrainian coal mining companies increased production by 1.7% YoY in January-November (by 629,700 tons), to 37.003 million tons. A source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported that coking coal production increased by 3.5% (by 261,700 tons), to 7.695 million tons, steam coal output was up by 1.3% (by 368,000 tons), to 29.308…
DetailsAzerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev noted the importance of the United States’ representation at a high level at the 3rd consultative council of ministers on the Southern Gas Corridor project in order to give political support to the project, the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry said. Aliyev made the remarks during his meeting with William Silkworth, office…
DetailsSlowdown of the global economy’s development, deterioration of the macroeconomic indicators affected Azerbaijani economy as well, the country’s parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov said. He made the remarks at a plenary session of Azerbaijani Parliament during the discussion of the country’s draft state budget and the concept of socio-economic development for 2017 and the next three…
DetailsThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Azerbaijan, a source in the country’s government reported. ADB offers to support business by opening credit lines for local banks. “Thus, the ADB wants to provide support to banks in Azerbaijan and contribute to the development of SMEs”, said the…
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