On March 9, the presidium meeting of the Bishkek City Council determined the date of the third session. It will be held on March 16. The provisional agenda includes seven issues, in particular the structure and staffing of the mayor’s office, amendments to the budget of 2016, a report on the work done by Bishkekgorlift.…
The bilateral economic turnover between Ukraine and France has increased by 36%, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said at a joint briefing with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. “If we look at our bilateral economic turnover, we will see that it has increased by 36%. And this means that our businessmen are working together, and…
Japan has allocated grants worth $551,100 to Uzbekistan for the implementation of eight social projects, the Japanese embassy said. The grants are allocated through the Japanese governmental program “Official Development Assistance” (ODA), the embassy said. Uzbek Deputy Minister of Healthcare Elmira Basitkhanova, the country’s First Deputy Minister of Public Education Bakhtiyor Daniyarov and Japanese Ambassador…
In February Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves rose by $37.3 million (by 0.7%), if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, to $5.022 billion as of March 1, according to the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. In February the country’s gold and foreign…
Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 0.6% in January-March and by 0.8% in April-June excluding seasonality, the central bank’s forecasting department said in a research note on March 6, revising its previous estimations of a 0.4% and 0.5-0.6% growth respectively. The estimate for the second quarter is based on a Urals…
Cotton will be sown in Turkmen Ahal, Lebap and Mary provinces on March 25, and in Dashoguz province on March 29, the Turkmen government said in a message. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the Turkmen Cabinet of Ministers. According to the message, around 1.5 million tons of cotton are planned to be…
Uzbekistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed loan agreements worth $573 million. In particular, the ADB allocated a $100-million loan for a project on financing small businesses in rural areas and for businesses of women entrepreneurs. A $121-million loan was allocated to develop water supply systems in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent region. The agreements were signed…