Ukrainian agrarians harvested 33.4 million tons of grain on 8.8 million hectares (91% of the target) as of August 8, according to the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry’s press service. Early grain crops have already been harvested in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, and Kherson regions. The average yield of cereals is estimated at 3.79 tons…
Unemployment in Latvia was 7.2% at the beginning of July and 7.1% at the end. This is the lowest unemployment index in the country since 2009, according to data from the State Employment Agency. Compared with June, the country’s unemployment level has declined by 0.1% over the course of a single month. There were 66,708…
Cargo traffic at the Port of Liepaja in January-July grew by 21.5% YoY, to 3.6 million tons, the Port Authority statistics show. Shipments of coal surged 3.7-fold, to 829,100 tons, handling of wooden pellets increased 2.5-fold, to 157,100 tons, of building materials – by 14.8%, to 341,100 tons, of oil products – by 42%, to…
Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan said that Ryanair, the Irish-based low-cost air carrier, might not launch its operations in Ukraine in 2017. “If the negotiations are deliberately delayed, while they (Ryanair) distribute the routes for their aircraft for the whole year, we will say that Ryanair will come next year,” Omelyan said. “But they will…
Belarus is supplying frozen bread to eight counties, head of the main department for bakery products of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry Vadim Pobedinsky said. “Today we are exporting frozen bakery products to eight countries. Among them is Russia (over 80% of the exports), Israel, Panama, the USA, Tajikistan, and Australia,” Vadim Pobedinsky said.…
Kazakhstan’s aviation safety efforts have been marked with a recognition award on behalf of the ICAO Council President, the press service of the Kazakh Ministry for Investment and Development reported. Kazakhstan has been one of the first ICAO Member States to receive this award in recognition of the significant progress in resolving aviation safety oversight…
Tajikistan switches to electricity supply on prepayment basis. An automated system for monitoring and recording electricity consumption will be launched in Dushanbe in the near future and the electricity will be supplied to the citizens only on prepayment. The government of Tajikistan issued a resolution on the introduction of a billing (automated) system to monitor…