BAKU. Oct 7 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) plans to introduce a new prudential standard in the country - the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), CBA General Director Shahin Mahmudzade ...

BAKU. Oct 7 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan is actively implementing investment projects with the countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), and total Azerbaijani investment in these countries' ...

ASTANA. Oct 7 (Interfax) - Australian company Sarytogan Graphite Limited has discovered a high-grade graphite deposit in Kazakhstan's Karaganda region. "The first batch of assays from 20 drill holes ...

MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Interfax) - A visa-free system for Chinese tourists may boost a growth in tourist trips in Russia, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said.

MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has met with Emirati Ambassador Muhammad Ahmad Al-Jaber in Moscow to discuss cooperation prospects, including in energy, a ...

MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Interfax) - International financial support for Ukraine has become a fundamental factor in the balance of payments, Ukrainian media quoted Andrei Pyshny, governor of the National Bank ...

MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Interfax) - The World Bank now forecasts growth in Russia's GDP to decelerate to 0.9% in 2025 and to 0.8% in 2026, the bank said in a report. The bank's June forecast envisaged growth ...

TBILISI. Oct 7 (Interfax) - The World Bank forecasts Georgia's GDP to grow 7% in 2025, the bank said in October's Europe and Central Asia Economic Update. The bank in June had projected the country's ...

Azerbaijan's deputy energy minister, Orkhan Zeynalov, has said the Black Sea Energy project should go into service in 2032. He said Azerbaijan planned to export up to 4 GW via the corridor in a phased ...

MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Interfax) - The World Bank now expects Ukraine's GDP will grow 2% in 2026, as in 2025, with acceleration to 5% not expected until 2027. The World Bank published its updated forecast on ...

WARSAW. Oct 7 (Interfax) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has criticized Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for saying that Kiev can continue its rapprochement with the European Union ...

Elga Group has come forward with an initiative to build the Kankunskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant in Yakutia with a capacity of 1 GW, according to the press service of Deputy Prime Minister Yury ...