Ivana Duarte, new head of Baku office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), arrived in Baku to hold talks with Azerbaijani MPs, a source in the country’s government reported. According to the source, Duarte was appointed head of the bank’s Baku office in August. Duarte has been working in the EBRD since…
Iranian companies will be able to use the Pirallahi Industrial Park, which will specialize in pharmacy, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev said. He made the remarks during the meeting with the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak Ayeen, said the country’s Economy Ministry. The meeting was held in connection with completion of Pak Ayeen’s…
A delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), headed by Bruno Balvanera, director for the South Caucasus, Moldova and Belarus, arrived in Baku. Balvanera introduced Ivana Duarte, the new head of the bank’s Baku office, to the Azerbaijani government. The EBRD delegation was received by Shahin Mustafayev, Azerbaijani economy minister, as part…
The 13th session of the Kazakh-Azerbaijani intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation will be held in Astana on September 21-22, the Kazakh embassy in Baku said in a message. The Azerbaijani delegation will be headed by Natig Aliyev, energy minister, co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission. “The sides will discuss a wide range of bilateral issues relating…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Mexico to the Republic of Azerbaijan Rodrigo Labardini has received Caspian Energy’s delegation headed by President and Editor-in-Chief of the Caspian Energy International Media Group Natalya Aliyeva. During the meeting the sides discussed possibilities of expansion of contacts on the informational level within the Caspian European…
Russia’s Finance Ministry has prepared major changes to the compulsory auto liability insurance, known in Russian as OSAGO. Among other amendments, the ministry has proposed to divide OSAGO policies into three types: an “economic package” with current limits of 400,000 rubles for damage to property and 500,000 rubles for injuries, a “standard” package with limits…
The Russian government may shuffle off part of the oil tax burden on consumers by raising excise duties on fuel, according to the results of a recent meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. The Finance Ministry initially offered to raise the rate of the Mineral Extraction Tax (MET) on oil in 2017 by…