In January-February, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port handled 618,000 tons of cargo, up by 38% YoY, the stevedoring company says. In the reporting period, transshipment of general cargo totaled 126,400 tons (including 114,500 tons of metal), 393,000 tons of dry bulk cargo, 38,700 tons of liquid bulk cargo, 4,100 tons of other cargo and 1,900 tons…
The European Union is ready to provide all-round support to Belarus in developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Head of the European Union Delegation to Belarus Andrea Wiktorin said at the presentation of the peer review project “Upgrading SME Capacity Through Business Support Services in Belarus” on March 15. Andrea Wiktorin emphasized the urgency of…
The largest European low-cost airline Ryanair in October intends to launch its flights for four destinations flying from Kyiv and seven from Lviv. Ryanair Chief Commercial Officer David O’Brien said at a briefing in Kyiv on March 15, that flights to Eindhoven, London, Manchester and Stockholm would be launched from Kyiv. It is planned to…
Total debts of the Ukrainian consumers for consumed electricity as of February 1, amounted to UAH 26.4 billion, of which UAH 1.2 billion was accumulated in 2017, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reports. In particular, this year debts of industry for consumed electricity grew by UAH 409.2 million, debts of population – by UAH…
On March 14, the Chamber of commerce and industry of Uzbekistan held a meeting with the chairman of the board of the Canadian Business Association in Russia and Eurasia (CERBA) Nathan Hunt. In negotiations with the chairman of the Chamber of commerce and industry Alisher Shaykhov, it was noted that trade and economic cooperation between…
Pakistan is interested in partnership with Kyrgyzstan in such spheres as medicine, pharmaceuticals industry, IT technologies, agriculture, and also in the mining industry, members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Iran stated at a meeting with delegation of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. The Speaker Chynybay Tursunbekov said that Kyrgyzstan had created a liberal…
The shareholders of Kazakhstan’s Tengri Bank and Capital Bank Kazakhstan have signed a memorandum of intent to merge, the press-services of two banks said in a message on March 15. The bank’s consolidated capital will be 43.2 billion tenge and the bank will rise to the 17th place among second tier banks in Kazakhstan. Currently,…