There is a plan to transform the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange (BCSE) into a multifunctional financial institution, NBB First Vice Chairman Taras Nadolny said. The National Bank of Belarus plans to promote further development of the stock market and recommends Belarusian banks to be more active in entering the statutory capital of state-owned companies.…
Ukraine needs to lift the ban on export of timber and settle the issue of social payments to internally displaced persons in order to get the next tranche of macro-financial assistance to the tune of 600 million EUR from the EU, new head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Ambassador Hugues Mingarelli has said. The…
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak expects the international oil surplus to fall by about 1 million barrels per day (bpd) until the end of 2016, Novak reported. On September 27, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut output by between 200,000 and 700,000 barrels a day. The 14-nation oil-producing group controls over…
Russia’s consumer price inflation will amount to 5.4-5.5% in 2016, below the official forecast of 5.8%, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev reported. “Our accumulated inflation now stands at 4.1% since the start of the year and 6.4% compared with the corresponding last year period”, he said. “It will be around 0.4% in each of the…
VTB Capital, an investment advisor on privatization of the government’s 25% stake in Russian shipping company Sovcomflot, has submitted a report to the Economic Development Ministry in which it said that the stake might be sold in 2017 in parts on the Moscow and New York stock exchanges, Minister Alexei Ulyukayev reported. “Sovcomflot (privatization) may…
Russia and Turkey have agreed to complete the work on a joint agreement on trade in services and on investments by the end of the next year, Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said, adding that this agreement would provide better protection to investors and would create new possibilities for them. “We have stated…
Opening of new enterprises manufacturing added-value products is a proof that Ukraine experiences growing investment levels. This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman after opening of the company Bila Tserkva Plant of Preparation Forms. “The task of the government today is to create conditions so that such companies could appear every week…