An article “Tajikistan Mulls EEU Membership, Feels Pull of Russia” posted on EurasiaNet.org’s website notes that many Tajiks oppose economic integration with Russia Abdufattoh Ghoib, the head of Tajikistan’s Customs Service, announced on July 19, that the Tajik government was considering making an application to enter the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Ghoib’s declaration followed an…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stated that the investors from the South-East Asia are willing to invest in the Ukrainian economy. The President said this at the meeting of the National Council of Reforms. “We have not only European investors. Our talks during the visits to the South-East Asia show that today the investors are…
Plans have been made to implement a pilot project of the United Nations Organization to develop social entrepreneurship in several areas in Grodno region. The information was released during the latest meeting of UN Resident Coordinator in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha and Grodno region Governor Vladimir Kravtsov. Sanaka Samarasinha explained: “It is a new project that…
Kazakhstan intends to gather over 100 participating countries and over 5 million visitors during the EXPO 2017 that will take place in Astana, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Yergali Bulegenov said. As many as 97 countries and 18 international organizations have confirmed they are going to participate in the EXPO 2017.…
The CIS financial and economic forum will take place in Minsk in October, head of the CIS election observation mission Sergei Lebedev said. “The financial and economic forum will be held as part of the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council in Minsk. Almost every member state expressed its readiness to take part”,…
Belarus’ move to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and clarifications on January 1, 2017 will contribute to increasing the transparency of Belarus’ corporate sector for investors and creditors, Pavel Laschenko, EY Belarus Managing Partner, believes. The IFRS standards will acquire the same legal status as guidelines and provisions of the Finance Ministry of Belarus…
The government’s committee for economic, financial and legal policy has approved of a list of enterprises to be privatized in 2016-2017, among them are Turboatom, Electrotyazhmash, the United Mining and Chemical Company, the State Food and Grain Corporation, and a state stake in Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Combine LLC. A respective draft resolution was approved…