MOSCOW. Dec 24 (Interfax) - Marafon-IoT satellites of the Sfera federal project are due to be launched in the first half of 2025, Roscosmos head Yury Borisov said. "The first Marafon satellites were ...

TBILISI. Dec 24 (Interfax) - The Tbilisi City Court ruled on Tuesday to leave former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in pretrial custody during an investigation into a criminal case on an ...

MOSCOW. Dec 24 (Interfax) - The deputy CEO of Alrosa responsible for production activity in African countries, Vladimir Marchenko, has left the company, Alrosa said. Marchenko joined Alrosa in ...

MOSCOW. Dec 24 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian government has endorsed a list of law enforcement positions, applicants for which are required to speak English. The corresponding decision was made at a ...

The tightening of monetary conditions can be attributed to several factors, including the largest banks' need to meet short-term liquidity requirements (STLR), stricter capital requirements and banks' ...

Uzbekistan has already begun to develop an Islamic finance sector. A statute on the provision of Islamic finance services by microfinance organizations has been approved In accordance with a Central ...

In early April 2024, the Polish trade inspectorate imposed the largest-even fine of PLN 1.5 million (around $380,000) on a company for importing 11,500 tonnes of industrial rapeseed and feed wheat ...

MOSCOW. Dec 24 (Interfax) - Russia's Ursa Major dry cargo ship sank in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea following an explosion in the engine room, the Russian Foreign Ministry's crisis ...

The Belarusian government has expanded the circle of those holding Belarus-2023 Eurobonds on which payments are rendered in the national currency, the country's Finance Ministry said. "The joint ...

TASHKENT. Dec 24 (Interfax) - The World Bank has approved financing for Uzbekistan in the form of a $3.5 million payment guarantee for purchasing electricity from a solar power plant being built by ...

MINSK. Dec 24 (Interfax) - The Belarusian government has extended a ban introduced in spring 2021 on importing Skoda, Liqui Moly and Beiersdorf products to the end of 2025. Beiersdorf owns the Nivea ...

The National Poultry Council of Poland plans to reduce the quota for Ukrainian chicken imports from today's 137,000 tonnes to 90,000 tonnes after June 2025 in an effort to restore the balance present ...