Across the country, local governments plan to inoculate 50 million people by early next year. But the vaccines have not officially been approved. ( read original story ...)
U.S., EU criticise China for jailing citizen-journalist who reported on COVID-19
The European Union and United States on Tuesday criticised the jailing of a citizen-journalist in China who reported on the early outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic from Wuhan. ( read original story ...)
Why are so many Chinese companies now based in Neukölln?
Tax changes and aggressive officials have sparked a boom in the number of foreign companies paying taxes in the city's hipster headquarters. ( read original story ...)
Armenian regulator raises electricity prices
Armenia's Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) has approved today a 3 dram rise in electricity prices. ( read original story ...)
VTB Bank (Armenia) receives Visa payment system’s Card Reward Champion award
The Visa international payment system has awarded the VTB Bank (Armenia) the Card Rewards Champion award for the impressive results of its #playbycard promotion campaign held in 2020. ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan’s acting PM, Russian ambassador debate bilateral cooperation
Acting Prime Minister, First Deputy Prime Minister of Artem Novikov held on Tuesday a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Nikolay Udovichenko, the press service of the Kyrgyz Government reported, ... ( read original story ...)
Avigdor Liberman says he’ll demand Finance portfolio
Yisrael Beytenu will also demand the Internal Security portfolio for MK Eli Avidar and the Health portfolio for Prof. Leonid Eidelman, a former head of the World Medical Organization. ( read original story ...)
Central Bank of Azerbaijan announces priorities of monetary policy for 2021
The policy of monetary and financial stability for 2021 is being formed amid a high uncertainty of economic activity in the world, Trend reports on Dec.29 referring to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan ... ( read original story ...)
OFAC fines Saudi bank for Sudan/Syria sanctions violations
The Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $650,000 settlement with a Saudi Arabian bank for apparent violations of sanctions against Sudan and Syria related to transactions that took place via ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 3-Iran to resume gas flows to Iraq after agreement on unpaid bills -Iraq ministry
Iran will resume normal gas flows to Iraq on Wednesday after reaching an agreement with Iraq on Tuesday over unpaid bills, a spokesman for Iraq's electricity ministry said. ( read original story ...)