MINSK. May 22 (Interfax) - Belarus needs to diversify food exports more actively, the state BelTA news agency quoted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as saying as he made personnel decisions ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - The Russian side has received the Ukrainian list for a prisoner swap in the '1,000 for 1,000' format, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told Interfax. "Yes ...

ST. PETERSBURG. May 22 (Interfax) - The water level in the Caspian Sea is expected to decline over at least the coming 10-15 years, Igor Shumakov, the head of the Russian Federal Service for ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia is proposing a new methodology for identifying systemically important banks (SIBs), categorizing them into five groups, with different systemic ...

According to Moldovagaz, natural gas consumption in Moldova amounted to 790 million cubic meters in 2024, compared to 657.2 million cubic meters in 2023. During the heating season, monthly gas ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - Imported produce is currently determining vegetable prices in Russia, the Agriculture Ministry said. "Last year's vegetable harvest is now almost all gone and shops are ...

Ukraine has received over $133 billion in financial support from its international partners over the past three years, Ukrainian media quoted Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko as saying at a meeting ...

BAKU. May 22 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan's Isfa plans to invest up to AZN 7 million ($4.1 million at the current exchange rate) in planting an olive orchard and building an olive oil plant in Dagestan, ...

DUSHANBE. May 22 (Interfax) - U.S. companies are looking at investing in mining enterprises in Tajikistan and starting up new operations to discover and develop the country's untapped mineral wealth, ...

Most of the illegal gas stations are located in the Lvov region (87, or 20%), the Odessa region (47, or 11%), Kiev and the Kiev region (44, or 10%), the Ivano-Frankovsk region (34, or 8%), and the ...

There are no specific agreements concerning a new round of Russian-Ukrainian talks at the moment, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "There are no specific agreements on next ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - The shareholders of Banco VTB Africa voted at a general meeting to approve a decision to liquidate the bank, the press service of Russian state bank VTB told Interfax.