ASTANA. April 17 (Interfax) - The Senate, the upper chamber of the Kazakh parliament, adopted a law on Thursday on ratifying the Agreement on Free Trade in Services, Establishment, Operation and ...

BISHKEK. April 17 (Interfax) - Kyrgyzstan is preparing to launch a digital som, with President Sadyr Japarov signing the corresponding law on Thursday, the Kyrgyz leader's press service said.

The Central Bank of Russia is discussing the minimum annual income threshold for obtaining qualified investor status with market participants, with recent adjustments suggesting a reduction to 12 ...

MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax) - Russian diamond miner Alrosa has discovered "good" manifestations of polymetallic ores in the course of diamond exploration in Yakutia and plans to book them, the company ...

It also repeated its February inflation forecast, projecting that the annual figure will be 7-8% in 2025, return to 4% in 2026 and stay at this level thereafter. The CBR will publish its updated ...

MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - Russia is ready to implement joint projects with other world space powers, using its own achievements in deep-space exploration, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on ...

PRAGUE. April 16 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia has confirmed that he will travel to Moscow in May to attend ceremonies celebrating Victory Day despite criticism from the European ...

ArcelorMittal Krivoi Rog is the largest producer of rolled steel in Ukraine. It makes long steel products, in particular, rebar and wire rod. It has the full production cycle and is able to produce ...

MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - Growth in Russian companies' investment activity continued in the first quarter of 2025, though the pace slowed quarter-on-quarter, according to the monitoring of ...

BAKU. April 16 (Interfax) - The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) and Israel's Union Energy & Systems A Ltd. have incorporated a joint venture in Malta for natural gas production ...

ASHGABAT. April 16 (Interfax) - The Turkmen state concern Turkmenhimiya has signed three framework agreements with companies from Turkey and Japan for projects in gas and oil processing, the newspaper ...

HELSINKI. April 16 (Interfax) - The Finnish government has decided to extend its border closure with Russia for an indefinite period. "The government has renewed its decision to close the checkpoints ...