Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-May climbed by 24.7% YoY, to 2,890,500 million tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period, transshipment of coal surged 6-fold, to 723,400 tons, wood pellets – 2.2-fold, to 150,700 tons, construction materials – by 7.8%, to 222,600 tons, oil products – by 65.6%, to…
The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) ratified a grant agreement for $280,000 signed between the government of Tajikistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in January. Tajik Minister of Energy and Water Resources Usmonali Usmonzoda says the amount of this grant is allocated for improvement of work conditions for the ministry’s employees, elaboration…
The budget expenditures of Kyrgyzstan in May amounted to 10,97.5 billion soms. Such data was presented by the Ministry of Finance. 2,409 billion soms were allocated for state employees, for the payment of social security benefits – 1,452, 522.5 billion. Social assistance to the population was provided at 632,515.3 million soms. Expenditures under the item…
Output of passenger cars in May grew by 40% YoY, to 661 vehicles, according to the Ukrautoprom Association’s preliminary data. For the first time since the beginning of the year, cars were produced not only by CrJSC Eurocar, but also by Zaporizhia-based ZAZ plant. In particular, ZAZ produced 94 passenger cars (in May last year…
Direct railway passenger traffic between Ukraine and the European Union will be expanded, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. “On December 23, 2016 the Intercity+ Kyiv-Lviv-Przemysl train was launched. This route has become very popular among Ukrainian passengers. Ukrzaliznytsia is looking into the possibility of launching the second pair of Kyiv-Lviv-Przemysl trains by another…
Astana-New Delhi direct flight is expected be launched in early July. Air Astana company will operate the Astana-New Delhi-Astana flight three times a week starting from July 2. Over the past two years passenger flow from India to Kazakhstan has doubled from 5,000 to 11,000 passengers. The number of Kazakhstanis traveling to India increased threefold…
The Turkmen Economy and Development Ministry will hold an auction for the sale of state facilities on June 27. Industrial complex, shopping centers, carpet shop, textile factories, dairy farming enterprises, livestock farms are among the facilities to be put up for auction. The citizens of Turkmenistan and foreign countries, as well as private legal entities…