State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service said Ukraine in January-September boosted snail exports to the European Union member states to 248 tons, or 2.5-fold from the figure reported for the whole of 2018. “Exports of Ukrainian snails to the EU member states have been on the rise over the recent period. Some 248 tons…
DetailsThe VTB Bank Azerbaijan management’s forecast assumes the profit worth 6 million manats ($3 million) at the end of 2019, Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank Azerbaijan Yevgeniy Kirin declared speaking about the bank’s plans for profit for 2019. Kirin made the remarks at the press conference in Baku on December 19. “At…
DetailsDesign work for Rail Baltic’s Ulemiste Terminal is slated to begin next month, and the entire terminal must be fully ready for use by 2026, by which time the international railroad’s remaining infrastructure will have been complete. Rail Baltic Estonia OU Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Anvar Salomets said that Zaha Hadid Architects and OU Esplan,…
DetailsThe first wind power plant in Aktobe region has been commissioned in the Kargaly region. The project was implemented by the Italian investor “Eni” together with “General Electric” and the support of NC “Kazakh Invest”. The launching ceremony was attended by the regional akim Ondasyn Urazalin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to the Republic…
DetailsSince the beginning of 2019 the budget of Zaporizhzhia city has received over UAH 2 million in revenues from tourist tax, the Tourist Information Center of the city has reported. “Over the eleven months of 2019 we have UAH 2.330 million in revenues from tourist tax,” reads the report. The tourist center noted that this…
DetailsUkrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk says his government’s goal is to drastically reduce the share of the shadow economy in the near-term outlook. “The share of the shadow economy for me personally is a measure of the effectiveness of our work,” he said. “Now, according to various estimates, it makes almost half of the entire…
DetailsA recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey found Estonia’s economy continued to perform well, however, there were problems arising from income inequality, the private sector’s lack of technical adaptability, and the low productivity and carbon intensity of the energy sector. The report pointed out positively Estonia’s expertise in IT and digitized government…
Details12 schools for 9,500 children will be built in the Kazakh capital in 2020, Mayor of the city Altay Kulginov said. According to the mayor, construction of another 8 schools for 12,000 children will be launched as well. “There are 115 schools and 125,000 school students in Nur-Sultan to date. The number of students is…
DetailsIn the first nine months of 2019 the volume of agricultural production increased by 7.1% YoY in Azerbaijan, Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov said at the conference on the theme “Cooperation with NGOs in the field of social services”. According to the minister, the share of value added in GDP in agriculture, forestry and fisheries amounted…
DetailsThe Ukrainian government and the National Bank of Ukraine jointly face foreign currency debt payments in excess of $24 billion in 2020-2022, including interest. The NBU report on financial stability says most of this amount will need to be refinanced in foreign markets, therefore cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and other international financial organizations…
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