In the future, riders will be able to take the number 4 tram all the way to Tallinn Airport, where the terminus of the tramline will be connected to the airport’s passenger terminal via escalators and a gallery. Construction on the tramline extension connecting the Lasnamae city district to Tallinn Airport is well underway. The…
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko states that there are no reasons for an increase in ticket prices for public transport in Ukraine. On his Facebook page, he wrote: “There are no reasons to raise fare prices today. At present fuel costs, prices of spare parts are not growing”. He urged the local government…
The National Bank of Georgia increased its key rate by 25 base points to 6.75% and announced further “gradual” tightening of the monetary policy in the course of the next two quarters. NBG said in a statement that “the decision is based on macroeconomic forecasts,” according to which, NBG expected that this year’s inflation rate…
On January 24, the government delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held a meeting with senior Advisor to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on economic issues Humayun Kayumi, special representative of the President for cooperation with the countries of Central Asia and Russia Mahamad Shokir Korgar.…
The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) intends by the end of 2017 to sell 99.967% in PJSC Odessa port-side chemical plant, 75.22% of PJSC Turboatom, 68.0095% in PJSC Zaporizhia Aluminium Combine (ZAlK), as well as state-owned stakes in Zaporizhia Titanium and Magnesium Combine (51%) and PJSC Azovmash (50%). The relevant paragraphs are contained in…
Both export and domestic grain prices showed growth last week. Export wheat prices gained $1-2 supported by global trends and seasonal complications in seaports. An announcement of ice campaign usually causes some increase in grain handling costs (although insignificant). Moreover, Ukrainian hryvnia fluctuated and traders continued buying grain actively last week. The prices for 2nd…
In 2016 Ukrainian flour milling enterprises produced 1.939 million tons of flour, down by 4.8% YoY, the State Statistics Service declared. In particular, the production volumes in December 2016 totaled 180 thousand tons, up by 1.9% MoM and down by 5% YoY. In 2016 the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in Ukraine totaled 4.401…