Kazakhstan plans to increase farmed fish production to 9 thousand tons. Addressing a government session, Kazakh PM Askar Mamin noted that fishery had a great potential in the country and had been demonstrating a dynamic upward trend. According to him, the country seeks to increase farmed fish production to 9 thousand tons this year, which…
DetailsThe Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has begun operating flights from Lviv to Milan and Rome, according to the press service of Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport. “We have already met the first flights from Milan (MXP) and Rome (CIA) airports. Wizz Air began operating flights from Lviv to Italy on the following routes: Lviv-Rome…
DetailsThe renewal of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine next year can give a new impetus to the development of the Ukrainian honey industry, strengthen the country’s position in the EU market, and reduce its dependence on the supply of Chinese honey, which now forms about 40% of the total supplies in…
DetailsIn April-June, unemployment rate comprised 8.6%. Compared to the previous quarter, rate of unemployment has risen by 1.2%, but during a year – by 2.2%. In the result of Covid-19 crisis, the number of unemployed increased. In Q2, the number of unemployed persons aged 15-74 comprised 83.5 thousand, up by 22 thousand YoY and by…
DetailsIn January-July, seaports of Kazakhstan handled over 3.4 million tons of cargo, flat YoY, the Transport Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development reported. In the reporting period, container throughput grew by 16%, to 17,079 units. Commercial fleet of Kazakhstan carried 1.32 million tons of cargo between the ports on the Caspian Sea…
DetailsForeign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia amounted to $1.31 billion in 2019, up by 0.3% YoY, showed the latest adjusted data of the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The top three countries that invested the most in Georgia in 2019 were the United Kingdom (18%), Turkey (13.4%) and Ireland (10.2%). The share of the…
DetailsNet international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in July grew by 0.1%, to $17.520 billion. That’s according to a report released on the NBU website. Net reserves have increased by 11% since the beginning of the year, the report said. Ukraine’s international reserves as of August 1 amounted to $28.802 billion, up…
DetailsIn January-July, Ukraine’s trade turnover with countries of the world amounted to $55.48 billion. According to data provided by the State Customs Service, Ukraine imported goods worth $28.8 billion, down by 13% YoY. Exports of goods amounted to $26.6 billion, down by 7%. Accordingly, the foreign trade balance of Ukraine in January-July was negative and…
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