The loss of the public joint-stock company Kyivenergo from supply of heat and hot water to budget-sustained institutions is around UAH 1.2 million a day, the company’s press service has reported. “Due to a lack of conformance in the prices (the price of gas sold by Naftogaz Ukrainy for these purposes (UAH 7,907) and the…
The city of Tartu, Estonia’s second largest, is set to place bonds worth EUR 13.5 million with LHV and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) to raise money for its 2017 financing needs. LHV pension funds are buying bonds for EUR 5.5 million and NIB for EUR 8 million, Tartu city government announced. The funds raised will…
Hiiumaa’s ferry connection to the Estonian mainland was interrupted on October 30 after the ferry Leiger breaking down in port not only prevented it from departing for the island, but prevented the Tiiu from docking in Rohukula as well. The Tiiu departed Heltermaa, the port serving Estonia’s second-largest island, on schedule, but was unable to…
The sub-surface metro circle line being built in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent will have a total length of 52.1 kilometers, the press service of the country’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in a message. Mirziyoyev reviewed the progress of the metro line’s construction, being at the initial stage, according to the message. It was decided to lay 50.5…
A new China-Europe freight train route was launched on October 29 in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The first train, carrying oil drilling equipment is bound for Poltava via Kazakhstan and Russia. This is the first cargo train linking Xinjiang with Ukraine. The new route will cut the transportation time from…