The restoration pace of the Ukrainian economy is predictable and insufficient, IMF Resident Representative Jerome Vacher has said. The economy has achieved macroeconomic stabilization, the IMF sees a gradual improvement of the economy – an increase of 1.5%, as the IMF predicts for 2016. But it’s a moderate recovery and the IMF would like to…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has received an application from the Belarusian government with a request to provide pre-privatization services for five prominent enterprises, Francis Delaey, the EBRD’s Head of Office in Belarus, reported. The EBRD has received an inquiry from the Belarusian government with a request to assist in pre-privatizing five…
The European Union (EU) has announced the doubling of the bilateral assistance package in support to private sector development and strengthening institutions in Belarus from 14.5 million euro in 2015 to 29 million euro in 2016. The EU Representative Office in Belarus posted a message to this effect on its official web site. The funding…
Belarus and Germany explored opportunities for investment cooperation during the Day of Belarusian Economy at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce on September 27, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. “The emphasis was placed on the opportunities for interaction and investment cooperation between Belarus and Germany in the context of Belarus’…
Azerbaijan took the 37th place in the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, prepared by the World Economic Forum. The research covered 138 countries. Azerbaijan ranked the 40th among 140 countries in the previous report. As in the previous report, Azerbaijan holds the highest position among the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries. The country is followed…
Issuing of bonds of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR within the country will make it possible to diversify the company’s portfolio, SOCAR vice-president for economic issues Suleyman Gasimov said. “Additional financing within the country creates an opportunity to attract funds on more favorable conditions. SOCAR will earn money from issuing these bonds, probably not directly,…
Russian state-controlled telecom operator Rostelecom has asked the government to apply the interconnection tariff reform not only to local and zonal calls, but also to intercity traffic, which will bring the operator preferences. The operator said that otherwise a decree of President Vladimir Putin would be breached, as he had ordered creation of equal conditions…