Among the countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) was just 0.9 percent, from October 2013 to October 2014, and biggest reason for the slowdown is the turmoil in the Ukraine.
To highlight Tajikistan’s potential as an investment destination, the country invited government representatives, international financial institutions and investors- both foreign and local – to the Tajikistan Economic and Investment Forum,…
An infrastructure project to provide international technical aid in Grodno Oblast will receive a boost of approximately 1.3 million euros from the European Union.
Migrants from the ATO zone who want to return to their homes may receive assistance from the First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) and the Humanitarian Headquarters at the Fund of…
Philippe Le Houérou has been chosen to serve as the Vice President of Policy for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), starting on Jan. 12, 2015.
Italian officials and business professionals will hold an economic forum in Belarus next year after officials and business leaders in both countries expressed interest in cooperation.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) recently praised Azerbaijan’s efforts to strengthen economic development and international relationships during a roundtable discussion at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio.
Energy agencies from Belarus and Germany are expected to sign an agreement that will increase cooperation for new projects during the 19th Belarusian Energy and Ecological Forum, which is going…
Six Turkish companies and a Chinese firmed signed contracts on Tuesday to supply 1.8 million metric tons of steel pipes for construction of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP).
Evrofinance Mosnorbank, the Moscow-based bank, recently announced that the organization had extended credit lines of $36.8 billion each to two electricity-generating companies in Russia, TGC-5 and TGC-6.
VTB and the Export-Import Bank of China signed a cooperation agreement to support economic ties between companies in Russia and China during the 19th regular Heads of Government meeting between…
Officials in Sverdlovsk Oblast, a federal subject of Russia in the Urals Federal District, are interested in increasing cooperation with the government of Belarus, the governor of the region said…
Russia’s reserve fund could grow between $2.5 billion and $4.9 billion by the end of 2014 if oil and gas revenues improve, Anton Siluanov, the country’s finance minister, announced on…
VTB (Georgia) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Monday that they will offer customers a 10 percent subsidy for loans to purchase energy-efficient products.
As of Jan. 1, 2015, the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) will be replaced by the Eurasian Economic Union, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced during a summit of EAEC members…
Belarus and Russia will hold additional talks on tax maneuvers related to the oil sector over the next three to four month, Andrei Kobyakov, Belarusian presidential administration chief of staff,…
In its efforts to work with representatives of both small and medium-sized businesses, the First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) held a round table discussion of “Support of the SMB: Financing…
The Italian Association of Financial Innovation (AIFIn) awarded the Bank and Territory Award for Corprorate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communication and Sustainability Report to UniCredit on Wednesday.
Agribusiness in the Ukraine will get a boost from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Ukrainian government after a meeting regarding an action plan focused on…
This week, industrialists in Belarus have told the House of Representatives that they support a single energy market in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) according to Dmitry Kharitonchik, chairman of…
The World Bank announced that GDP growth in the region of Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is slow, but should improve up to 2.1 percent in 2015, during meetings…
Lithuanian Railways will ship oil products from Belarus to the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda for Belarusian Oil Company (BOC) for a three year period.
The U.S.-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce presented a conference focusing on business in the Southern Caucasus and Turkey on Oct. 7.
PSA Peugeot Citroen will open a production plant at the Unison Company’s joint venture in Minsk in November, Valentine Trigorlov, marketing director at Belarus’ Peugeot importer PS Auto Group, said…
Russian regulators said on Tuesday that the country could realistically achieve the goal of four percent inflation by 2016 or 2017.
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