Qazaq Air airline has announced the launch of a new regular Astana-Zhezkazgan flight, the company press service reports. “Every Saturday from August 19, the residents and guests of Astana will be able to travel to the “copper capital” of Kazakhstan on board a comfortable Bombardier Q400 NextGen. The lowest price for a 55-minute flight from…
AVK Confectionery LLC (Kyiv), one of the largest confectionery manufacturers in Ukraine, plans to develop a branded network of retail stores. According to the press service of the company, the official opening of the second store with a cafe in Dnipro took place on July 28. The store with a total area of 115 square…
Natural gas production in Ukraine rose by 3.2% YoY in January-July, to 12.044 billion cubic meters, Ukrtransgaz has said. Ukrgazvydobuvannia increased gas production by 3%, to 8.777 billion cubic meters, Ukrnafta reduced production by 9.2%, to 0.694 billion cubic meters and other companies increased production by 7.9%, to 2.573 billion cubic meters. In July alone,…
In the opinion of specialists of the Center for Strategic Agricultural Studies, the Sumy National Agricultural University, profitability of winter rapeseed growing in Ukraine may reach 83%, while that of sunseed cultivation is expected at 79%, the Center’s director Oleksandr Maslak stated. “According to calculations for winter rapeseed growing, total farmer costs will reach UAH…
Latvia’s bread market has stabilized: demand for bread with high added value continues growing, some growth is also noted for traditional bread segments, according to analysts’ data. In Estonia and Lithuania, like Latvia, there was an increase in demand for high-quality bread. According to data from Nielsen, generally there is a slight decline (1%) on…
The construction of a gas trunk line, called Line D, via Tajikistan to China is definitely positive for Turkmenistan, even if it makes the country that much more reliant on China, Andrew Neff, a principal analyst with the IHS Petroleum Sector Risk team, reported. Neff says that Turkmenistan is solely reliant on China in gas…
Presidents of Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Almazbek Atambayev during a phone conversation confirmed the existence of great potential for boosting relations in a wide range of areas, including in the trade and economic sphere. The Turkmen government said in a message that the parties noted the expediency of working together to expand the…