Belarus endorses the recommendation of the OECD in terms of upgrading SME capacity and has already developed specific measures to implement them, Belarus’ Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky said during the roundtable held as part of the OECD Eurasia Week 2016 in Paris. Presenting a set of measures to implement the proposals of the OECD experts,…
The Belarusian-Turkish business council will sit in Minsk in 2017. The matter was discussed at the meeting between Belarus’ Consul General in Istanbul Vladimir Mironovich and Chairman of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey Omer Cihad Vardan, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. The parties reached an agreement to…
Restructuring of Azerbaijan’s financial sector may be completed by the end of 2016, Rufat Aslanli, chairman of the board of directors at the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authorit, said. “Currently, we aim at completing the restructuring process in the country’s financial sector”, he said. “I think we will be able to complete it until late…
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…
International reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) are projected to increase to $17.5 billion by the end of 2016, if Ukraine receives a credit totaling 600 million euros from the European Union and a credit totaling $1.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva stated this at a press…
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 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…