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East Invest reports highlight DCFTA challenges for SMEs in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

The FINANCIAL -- The EU-funded East Invest project has published a series of reports on EU support to the private sector in the context of Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, saying the scale of the challenge for SMEs to adapt to changes cannot be ...

IFC Invests in Astarta to Boost Food Production, Create Jobs in Ukraine

The FINANCIAL -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing up to $35 million to Ukraine’s leading agricultural producer, Astarta, to help the company diversify its business, boost soybean ...

Fitch Downgrades Ukraine's Foreign-Currency IDRs to 'Restricted Default'

The FINANCIAL -- Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on ...

The Next 24/7 Self-Service Zone of ProCredit Bank to be Launched in Kutaisi Branch

The FINANCIAL -- ProCredit Bank continues to add newly designed self-service zones equipped with multi-function machines to branches across the country. After the Gori branch, ProCredit Bank will ...

Ukraine: Cabinet of Ministers excluded barley, corn, milk powder and butter from the list of state regulation objects

The FINANCIAL -- The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine did not include barley, corn, milk powder and butter to the list of commodities which prices are regulated by PJSC Agrarian Fund in the period of ...

Project Management and Development course for Poti Youth

The FINANCIAL -- Believe Foundation is happy to partner with Peace Corps and to launch the Project Management and Development (PMD) course starting from October 03rd, ...

Dmitry Kumsishvili Attended First Biotechnological International Conference

The FINANCIAL -- LEPL Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, US National Science Foundation and the US University of Tennessee jointly ...

Ukraine harvested over 45.5 mln tonnes of grains

The FINANCIAL -- As of October 8, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 45.537 mln tonnes of grains and pulses throughout the areas of 12.088 mln ha, or 83% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.77 t/ha, ...

60 Percent of the Self-employed in Georgia Are Living from Agricultural Activities

The FINANCIAL - Little is known about the mode of activity of the self-employed except that they live mainly in rural areas and that some may de facto run micro-enterprises. By the same token, there ...

Ukrainian Grain Association and Buenos Aires Grain Exchange to cooperate in the agricultural sphere

The FINANCIAL -- The Ukrainian Grain Association and the Stock exchange trading grains, oilseeds, fruit crops and products (Buenos Aires, Argentina) plan to sign the Memorandum of understanding, ...

Dimitry Kumsishvili Met Seed Forum Ukraine Foundation Founder Dimitri Polodiev

The FINANCIAL -- On October 7, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Dimitry Kumsishvili held a meeting with the founder of the Seed Forum Ukraine Foundation, Dimitri Polodiev. The Head of ...

Membership of NATO remains atop the Georgian Government’s political agenda

The FINANCIAL -- Georgian Vice Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili is quoted as saying following his meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, according to MFA of ...

Ukraine reduced the exports of agricultural products to Russia

The FINANCIAL -- In January-August period of 2015, the export volumes of Ukrainian agricultural products to the Russian Federation reached 193.3 mln USD, while during the entire 2014 the exports ...