During the cruise season of 2017 cruise vessels called Tallinn 311 times and brought a record-breaking number of 564,280 cruise passengers to Tallinn. Saaremaa Harbor had 5 cruise ship calls with a total of 1,513 passengers. On October 30, Port of Tallinn together with clients and partners of the Estonian cruise industry gathered at Estonia’s…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised upward the forecast for Belarus’ GDP growth to 1.5% in 2017, according to the Bank’s website. In 2018 the Belarusian economy will expand by 2%. The EBRD also revised Russia’s GDP forecast up to 1.8% in 2017. The bank also revised Russia’s GDP growth forecast…
In January-August Kazakhstan exported nearly 2.4 million tons of wheat and meslin, a decrease of 10.1% compared with the same period last year, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. According to the announcement, in the reporting period the export earnings decreased by 10.4%, to $382 million.…
Flu vaccine producers planned on bringing 63,000 doses of flu vaccines to Estonia for this year, a quarter more than last season. Before the flu season has even begun, however, these vaccines have already all sold out. Kadri Saar, a senior inspector at the Bureau of Activity Licences and Inspections of the State Agency of…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects Azerbaijan’s economy to grow by 2% in 2018, according to an updated Regional Economic Prospects report published on November 7. The bank’s analysts noted that the start of gas production within the second stage of development of the Shah Deniz gas condensate field would support the…
Ukraine’s economic growth will exceed 3% next year, but the government’s task is to ensure at least 5-7% growth, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said. He stated this at a government meeting on November 8. “We met with trade unions, the Federation of Employers of Ukraine. We talked about problems and the ways of solving…
Ukraine in January-October exported electricity valued at $209.293 million, in particular in October at $19.685 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, in January-October electricity was supplied to Hungary for the amount of $118.529 million, Moldova for $48.655 million, Poland for $31.485 million and other countries for $10.624 million. Thus, in monetary terms exports of…