Azerbaijan: no need to rush in privatizing large enterprises

Privatization of Azerbaijan’s large state enterprises, including state oil company SOCAR, requires time and such issues must not be hurried, Rafig Jalilov, deputy chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee on Property Issues, said. “It is needed to be consistent in such issues, since the privatization of large enterprises touches the issues of Azerbaijan’s economic independence”, Jalilov…

Belarus: AID-Venture venture funding program launched

A $2.5 million venture funding program – AID-Venture – has been launched in Belarus, Bel.biz Group reported. The consortium of partners consisting of several companies has won the tender for venture capital ecosystem development in Belarus. Aleinikov & Partners together with a group of companies Bel.biz, venture fund 500 Startups and international educational program for…

Ukraine to join BEPS action plan in early 2017

Ukraine from January 1, 2017 will become an official member of the Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Ukraine’s Finance Ministry reported that Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk on November 22, handed a letter to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria. This is the final phase…

Ukraine: NBU relaxes access to currency loans with participation of export-credit agencies

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has made an exception of the general rules of controlling the rates of foreign credits of loans if resident borrowers (both companies and financial institutions) raise funds from nonresident creditors with the participation of export-credit agencies. “This step would expand opportunities for residents’ access to foreign credit resources provided…