Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-March climbed by 13.1% YoY, to 1,634,200 tons, the Port Authority reported. Grain shipments fell by 16.3%, to 634,900 tons, construction materials increased by 14.7%, to 131,800 tons, forest cargo dropped by 32.7%, to 78,800 tons, oil products went up by 41.3%, to 92,100 tons, crude…
Residents of Ternopil region in western Ukraine are actively choosing solar energy as an alternative to natural gas. Over the past year, 120 private solar power plants started to operate in the region, First Deputy Chairman of the Ternopil Regional State Administration Ivan Krysak said. “Ternopil region occupies the second position in Ukraine in terms…
The direct work on implementation of the Dushanbe-Qurghon Teppa road rehabilitation project will start in June. “This 90-kilometer highway is one of the most heavily traveled roads in the country because it has not been rehabilitated for more than 30 years, with the exception of a partial recovery work carried out in the early 2000s,”…
Astarta agroindustrial complex, a large sugar producer in Ukraine, saw a 5.2-fold rise in net profit in 2016, reaching EUR 83 million. According to a financial report of the holding posted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), its consolidated revenue last year rose by 17%, to EUR 369 million. Operating profit grew by almost 15.2%,…
The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities has developed a draft law on returning of all gas distributing networks to state ownership, Chairman of the National Commission Dmytro Vovk stated at a commission’s meeting on April 10. “The issue of ownership of gas distributing networks lies beyond the scope of the…
U.S. congressmen have voiced support for Latvia’s security and an interest for developing closer cooperation with the country’s ports, as reported by Latvian Foreign Affairs Ministry. On April 9, Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with a delegation of U.S. congressmen led by congressman Bull Shuster to discuss Trans-Atlantic relations, strategic cooperation between Latvia…
In the coming months inflation should be around 3% in Estonia as a result of external factors and tax changes, said Kristjan Pungas, analyst at the Ministry of Finance’s Fiscal Policy Department. In March, price levels in Estonia and the eurozone in general were influenced by the increase of energy prices slowing down. “At the…