Eastern Europe

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The Japanese government has provided $95 million to help fund the Ukrainian government's work and the restoration of the country, Ukrainian media said, citing the Ministry for the Development of Communities, Territories and...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is fully prepared to pump increased volumes of hydrocarbons, taking into account the additional capacity of the oil pipeline obtained from implementing the bottleneck elimination program, t...

BAKU. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan increased gas exports by 18% to 22.3 billion cubic meters in 2022, Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said on Friday.Shahbazov said on Twitter that Azerbaijan exported 11.4 bcm of natural gas to Europe in 202...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - A spell of warmer weather will make it possible to ease the power supply limits to a certain extent, albeit insignificantly, because the power generation shortage persists in Ukraine, according to Sergei Kovalenko, head of the ...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Russia has registered 5,078 new cases of Covid-19 and 47 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement on Friday.Russia "has recorded 5,078 new cases of Covid-19 and 876 pati...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The German government will help fund the eco-modernization of Ukrainian enterprises as part of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) for Ukraine program, which envisages co-financing several 2-million-euro projects to facilitate ...

YOSHKAR-OLA. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The new owner of the Potential plant in Mari El, which was previously owned by Schneider Electric, plans to invest 500 million rubles in its development in 2023, the leader of the Russian republic, Yury Zaitsev said in an ...

BISHKEK. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The criminal case opened against former Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev in connection with the Kumtor gold mine project has been dismissed, the Prosecutor General's Office of Kyrgyzstan told Interfax on Friday."The crimi...

ASTANA. Jan 13 (Interfax) - KazTransOil will transit 300,000 tonnes of Kazakh oil to Germany in the first quarter of 2023, the company's press service said."JSC KazTransOil has received confirmation from the Energy Ministry of the Russian Federati...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Albania intends to open its embassy in Kiev, Albanian Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka said in remarks on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries."Albania and ...

NEW YORK, UN. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Two bulkers are heading to Tunisia and Libya with Ukrainian wheat and barley on board, the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) said."The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) reports that two vessels left Ukrainian ports today ...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Russia does not currently think it necessary to impose coronavirus restrictions on travelers from China, Anna Popova, head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadz...

MINSK. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Belarus for the first time saw a trade surplus with Russia at the end of 2022, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said."It is for the first time that there is a surplus for Belarus in trade with Russia, which means ...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The Aviapark Trade and Exhibition Complex intends to file a claim with the Arbitration Court of Moscow to declare Svyaznoy Chain LLC bankrupt, according to a statement published on Fedresurs.In early October 2022, Sovcombank, t...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The problem of corporate decision-making in large companies with foreign participation in situations when 'unfriendly' co-owners have withdrawn from management due to sanctions restrictions may be resolved by introducin...

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Consumers in Russia are fully supplied with gas and Gazprom is ready for increased gas consumption, Gazprom Mezhregiongaz chief Sergey Gustov told reporters on Thursday."We did indeed have peak gas consumption the o...

MINSK. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said that the country fully preserves its sovereignty when implementing the Belarus-Russia Union State programs."While implementing them [the Union State programs], we have not los...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Kiev is currently receiving about 60% of the necessary amount of electricity, about 40% of which it is using to feed critical infrastructure, while the rest the DTEK Kiev Grids power distribution operator is sharing among the o...

BRUSSELS. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The European Union is applying two sanctions regimes against Belarus: the first is related exclusively to that country and to the outcome of the last presidential election in 2020 and repressions against the local population,...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Ukraine has received ten bridges from Norway under a project worth in total 30 million Norwegian crowns, Ukrainian media reported with reference to the Infrastructure Ministry's website on Wednesday.These are provisional st...

CHISINAU. Jan 12 (Interfax) - European integration is a prioritized national project for Moldova, the Moldovan presidential press service quoted President Maia Sandu as saying."European integration is a national project whose implementation will ensur...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union will support Ukraine's further integration with the EU, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said.Asked by Ukrainian media at a press conference in Stockholm ...

TALLINN. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Bills are being drafted to expand Estonia's maritime zone in addition to territorial waters, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said."The Convention on the Law of the Sea allows states to declare additional marit...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Agricultural exporters could receive compensation for 20-25% of capital expenditures, Russia's Agriculture Ministry said in a statement."Depending on the direction of the investment project, producers will be able to re...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko has thanked the mayors of four European capitals, i.e. Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, and Bratislava, the founding members of the Pact of Free Cities, for arriving in Kiev to reaffirm their support and co...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and U.S. Ambassador in Kiev Bridget Brink have discussed cooperation in the energy sector."We spoke with U.S. Ambassador in Kiev Bridget Brink about strengthening Ukraine's energy ...

ALMATY. Jan 12 (Interfax) - A comprehensive inspection will be carried out at ArcelorMittal Temirtau with the participation of independent consultants, the press service of the Kazakh government said in a press release.Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov held ...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Nigeria intends to pursue new logistics projects, which will help boost agricultural exports from Ukraine and make them more predictable.Similar plans were earlier unveiled by Senegal.Agreements to this effect were reached at a...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Ukraine experienced considerable power supply shortages as of 11:00 a.m. on January 12, especially during morning and evening peak consumption periods, Ukrainian media have reported with reference to the national power grid ope...

MINSK. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The issue of Belarus using the ports of the United Arab Emirates to transport goods was considered at a meeting between Belarusian Ambassador to the UAE Andrei Luchenok and Abu Dhabi Ports CEO Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, the press ...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has no authority to designate anyone as an undesirable person, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said."This so-called decision is null and void," Ukrainian m...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - There are currently no prerequisites for the introduction of a new moratorium on bankruptcy, including a partial one, First Deputy Economic Development Minister Ilya Torosov told reporters."The mechanism was introduced in a...

MINSK. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had agreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to implement programs towards the formation of joint gas, oil and petroleum product markets.There should be no problems in ...

CHISINAU. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Moldova "is analyzing the expediency of further membership in the CIS" and does not see any processes in the Commonwealth of Independent States that could be of interest to it, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu s...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - People who have Russian citizenship must not hold Ukrainian citizenship at the same time, Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky said."Our objective is to ensure that all people who today have dual or triple citizenship,...

MINSK. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed dissatisfaction with the implementation of certain programs of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, the signing of which has been delayed.The programs and departmental pl...

ALMATY. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan's Technopark KZ LLP and Russia's Luidor plan to launch the production of special-purpose commercial vehicles in Kostanay in 2023, according to the Kostanay Department of Entrepreneurship and Industrial Innova...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has once again spoken in favor of accelerating his country's integration into NATO."The decision of NATO member countries on the launch of the mechanism of Ukraine's accelerated...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Russia has registered 4,675 new cases of Covid-19 and 48 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement on Thursday.Russia "has recorded 4,675 new cases of Covid-19 and 882 pa...

DUSHANBE. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Russian payment system Zolotaya Korona has secured a five-year license from the National Bank of Tajikistan to operate in the Central Asian country, the regulator said.Zolotaya Korona operated in Tajikistan until 2020 and had...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The Moldovan government has approved legislative amendments that will allow all interested companies to take advantage of the backhaul (virtual reverse) service using the connection to the Grebeniki point of Ukraine's gas t...

MINSK. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Belarus has introduced a fee for vehicles crossing its borders with Latvia and Lithuania.The Vitebsk region legislature's relevant decision was published on the national legal information website on Thursday.The document ord...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The overall funds Ukraine needs for its recovery, whose sources are already known, stand at roughly UAH 110 billion, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said."We have determined four key sources of funding," the Ukra...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Work on the project to supply Russian gas to China along the Far Eastern route is proceeding on schedule, Gazprom said after a meeting of its coordinating committee with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)."Special ...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Russia has registered its first case of a new sub-variant of the Covid-19 Omicron strain, XBB.1.5, or Kraken, which is considered to be highly infectious, the country's consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said, adding ...

NEW YORK, UN. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Vessels carrying exports under the Black Sea Grain Initiative have been unable to depart the Ukrainian ports for the third consecutive day due to adverse weather conditions, the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) said."T...

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - Turkey plans to open its honorary consulate in Lvov this year, a move that will help implement joint projects, head of the Lvov region's military administration Maxim Kozitsky said."Ambassador of Turkey to Ukraine Yagmu...

MOSCOW. Jan 11 (Interfax) - The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft crew of Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in fall 2023 on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft, Roscosmos Ex...

WASHINGTON. Jan 11 (Interfax) - The mission of the Soyuz MS-22 crew to the International Space Station (ISS) will be extended by several months, Roscosmos Executive Director for Manned Space Programs Sergei Krikalev said."Since a new spacecraft is sch...

WARSAW. Jan 11 (Interfax) - The leaders of three countries, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, met in Lvov on Wednesday to discuss cooperation between the two countries and Ukrain...