Eastern Europe

BRUSSELS. Jan 27 (Interfax) - A joint meeting of the European Commission (EC) and the Ukrainian government slated to take place in Kiev on February 2 is being organized under the aegis of the Ukrainian authorities, EC spokesperson Eric Mamer said."The...

BAKU. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Swiss energy holding Axpo has reached an agreement to sell its stake in pipeline company Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, the operator of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), a component of the Southern Gas Corridor, to Belgium's Fl...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - Russia and Turkey intend to strengthen oversight in mutual trade of regulated products, primarily fruits and vegetables, Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said in a statement.The main vectors of this work were disc...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Inspectors from the U.S. Department of State, Defense Department, and Agency for International Development (USAID) have arrived in Ukraine to oversight the distribution of assistance given to the country, U.S. Ambassador to Ukr...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Ukrainian farmers have harvested 78.7 million tonnes of primary crops (+1.4 million tonnes over the past week) from an overall area of 18.4 million hectares (+0.1 million hectares) as of January 27, including 52.6 million tonne...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Cyprus-registered Ornex Limited, a subsidiary of DTEK Renewables, which is part of Ukraine's DTEK holding, has offered to buy up to 20 million euros of 2024 notes issued by the parent company, Ukrainian media reported, citi...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Ukraine is interested in Japan's involvement in its post-crisis recovery, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said."It would be valuable for us if Japan, known worldwide for its technology and investment projects, ...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Ukraine, which is experiencing a power capacity shortage, was due on Friday to import 7.368 GWh from Europe, the most so far this year, Ukrainian media reported, citing data from the website of ENTSO-E, the European system oper...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Russian government must submit by March 1 proposals to clarify the methodology for determining the price of oil and petroleum products used to tax companies in the industry, and the corresponding instruction from President ...

BRUSSELS. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Belgian government decided to donate a total of 92 million euros in military assistance to Ukraine on Friday, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said at a press conference in Brussels on Friday.This is the largest a...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Russia has seen growing cases of Covid-19 in the second half of January 2023, which could be attributed most likely to the resumption of people's social activities following the New Year holidays, Vladimir Chulanov, the Rus...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Power supply shortage in Ukraine has reached lately 5 GW at peak consumption hours in the morning and in the evening and up to 3 GW at night, Ukrainian media have reported with reference to Dmitry Sakharuk, executive director o...

SUKHUM. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Abkhaz Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab has signed a resolution on temporary no-fly zones to protect Abkhazia from military or terrorist threats, the press service for the Abkhaz government said on Friday."The resolution aim...

BRUSSELS. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Council of the European Union extended the sanctions against Russia over the events in Ukraine for another six months on Friday, the Council said in a press release."The council today decided to prolong by six months,...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Ukraine has exported 25.99 million tonnes of grains since the 2022-2023 agricultural year began on July 1, the Ukrainian media reported, citing a statement from the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry posted on its webs...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Ukraine has received 36 shipments of humanitarian aid containing electric equipment weighing in total 286.7 tonnes from the Netherlands since December 2022, including 12 shipments weighing 103.6 tonnes over the past two weeks, ...

CHISINAU. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Moldovan Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed regional security and cooperation during a meeting in Ankara."I highly assessed Turkey's efforts to maintain the security of ...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - European Union Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic and Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki have opened the new rescEU energy hub in Poland that will act as a logistical center for delivering emergency ene...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Canadian Red Cross will provide an additional $25 million to support the Ukrainian government's Shelter program, Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Yulia Kovaliv said."The Canadian Red Cross will transfer an extra $...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Russian government has decided to increase the quota for mineral fertilizer exports in the first half of the year by almost 500,000 tonnes.Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a resolution on the matter on Januar...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Zardari will visit Moscow on January 30, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said."Talks between the Russian foreign minister and the foreign minister of the Islamic Repu...

ULYANOVSK. Jan 27 (Interfax) - France's Legrand Group, a leading manufacturer of electrical equipment, is exiting Russia, but the plant it built in Ulyanovsk will continue to operate."In view of recent developments, including rising operational co...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Ukrenergo power grid operator introduced emergency blackouts in ten regions of Ukraine on Friday morning after the power consumption limits were exceeded there.Emergency power outages were introduced in the Kharkov, Donetsk...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The situation in Ukraine's energy system has been stabilized quite rapidly and power generation has almost been restored to the level that was before Thursday, Ukrenergo power grid operator CEO Vladimir Kudritsky said."...

BISHKEK. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Over 20 documents, including a declaration of strategic partnership, have been signed at the end of a state visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Kyrgyzstan, an Interfax correspondent said in a report on Friday.Twenty...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is introducing new criteria in the terms and conditions for providing secured loans to banks, specifically that agreements on foreign currency loans, which are provided as security for the regul...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Nuclear safety is a matter of concern to France, which will provide 3 million euros to help finance the deployment of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission at Ukraine's nuclear power plants (NPPs), French For...

BISHKEK. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev have exchanged instruments of ratification to finalize the border delimitation process, an Interfax correspondent said in a report on Friday."Toda...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Russia has registered 7,164 new cases of Covid-19 and 41 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement on Friday.Russia "has recorded 7,164 new cases of Covid-19 and 939 pati...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - One of the main objectives of the Ukraine Donor Coordination Platform is to ensure predictable and rhythmic budget support in 2023, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said."We are grateful to the European Union for prov...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Relatively low temperatures and decreased wind generation have not affected European gas prices, which are declining in anticipation of warmer weather next week.Meantime, consumption from Europe's underground gas storage (U...

KRASNOYARSK. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Magnezit Group LLC plans to invest 1.9 billion rubles in expanding capacity to produce fused magnesia, an intermediary product in production of refractories, at the Kirgiteiskoye and Talskoye deposits in Krasnoyarsk Territ...

WASHINGTON. Jan 27 (Interfax) - U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland has said Washington is working on the exports of Russian and Ukrainian grains and fertilizers to the countries in dire need under the Black Sea Grain Initi...

NEW YORK, UN. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Administrative measures have been taken in relation to vessels that violated the Black Sea Grain Initiative procedures over the past three days, the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) said."During this period [from Janua...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to again raise reserve ratios for banks as of February 11 from 5% to 10% in national currency and from 15% to 20% in foreign currency, Ukrainian media reported, quoting an NBU pres...

BAKU. Jan 27 (Interfax) - An armed attack on the Azerbaijani embassy to Iran was perpetrated on Friday, according to Azerbaijani media outlets.They said the incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. local time."An Azerbaijani law enforcement officer in cha...

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects the country's grain harvest to drop by 15% to 46 million tonnes in 2023, Ukrainian media reported, citing NBU deputy governor Sergei Nikolaichuk."For this year we do not rule o...

MASSAWA, Eritrea. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Massawa port in Eritrea draws Russia's interest due to its transit capabilities, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, adding that it is important to take advantage of the port's logistics potential...

WASHINGTON. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday extended its SDN list with 17 Russians, including Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, Kalashnikov Concern chief Alan Lushnikov and Tatarstan Republic leader Rustam Min...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - Ukraine's power substations were damaged on Thursday, but the situation in the energy system has remained under control, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal.The power substations were damaged, he said. "But the situa...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak have discussed the status of the Paks-2 Nuclear Power Plant project in a telephone call, Szijjarto said on social me...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The Energy Company of Ukraine (ECU), a state-owned energy trader, and Turkey's Karpowership are planning to work out a project of funding and launching 500 MW of electric power from the powerships for Ukraine together with ...

BRUSSELS. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The European Commission on Thursday announced the launch of its multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform to support the process of rebuilding Ukraine."It will allow for close coordination among international donors and in...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine now forecasts it will start to lower its key policy rate from its current 25% per annum in Q2 2024, a quarter sooner than it anticipated in its previous forecast, Ukrainian media reported, quoting a...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - Kiev and the Kiev region will again get power on hourly basis after emergency blackouts on Thursday morning and afternoon."We managed to stabilize the situation and return to stabilization schedules," Ukrainian media re...

TASHKENT. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Uzbekistan's management board decided at a meeting on Thursday to hold the key policy rate at 15% per annum, the regulator's press office said.The current level is "sufficient to maintain moder...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The family of U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, convicted of espionage in Russia, hopes that the arrival of newly appointed Ambassador of the United States Lynne Tracy in Russia would facilitate his release."Our family are hopeful ...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Dutch government will provide a 25-million-euros in financial guarantees to support agriculture, food processing, logistics, and agricultural export businesses...

MOSCOW. Jan 25 (Interfax) - Polymetal is considering a site in Kazakhstan's Pavlodar region for a third pressure oxidation or POX hub, the gold and silver miner said in a presentation.This is an industrialized region with good infrastructure, with a p...

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - PJSC Tatneft has received licenses for the Vostochno-Taktashsky and Kukuevsky hydrocarbon blocks in Tatarstan, and the corresponding information has been entered in the state registry of subsoil plots and licenses.The company h...