Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January-May climbed by 10.2% YoY, to 3,184,700 tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period, transshipment of grain grew by 31.4%, to 1,374,100 tons, construction materials – by 17.6%, to 261,700 tons, and timber – by 50.2%, to 214,100, while transshipment of oil product…
Kazakhstan will put into operation a record of 4,500 kilometers of roads in 2018, the Minister for Investments and Development of Kazakhstan Zhenis Kasymbek said at a press conference. “On average, we put 2,500 kilometers of roads into operation per year. This year we could increase this indicator to 4,500 kilometers,” said Kasymbek. The minister…
Azerbaijan and Moldova discussed possibility of expansion of trade turnover, President of Moldova Igor Dodon wrote on his Facebook page. He said that this issue became one of the topics of his meeting with Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Moldova Qudsi Osmanov. The parties discussed a number of issues affecting bilateral relations, social programs of the Azerbaijani…
The National Bank of Ukraine expects the country’s economic growth rate to reach 3-3.5% this year, Director of the NBU’s Financial Stability Department Vitaly Vavrishchuk said. “According to our forecasts, the GDP will grow by 3-3.5% in 2018. We would like these rates to be higher, especially given the significant decline in the production output…
Valentyn Badrak, military expert and writer, the director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, says Ukrainian Skif and Korsar anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) have recently proved to be no worse than the U.S. Javelin systems. “To date, there is a whole line of ATGMs, among which the most famous are Skif and…
The unusually high temperatures and lack of precipitation this May in Latvia have added to the adverse effects that last year’s chilly and wet summer has had in the field of fruit growing, the leadership of the Latvian Orchardman Association, has warned. The non-governmental organization unites around 400 hundred of the largest fruit and berry…
The Ministry of Transport and Roads decided on contractor for the project to improve the CAREC Transport Corridor No. 3 (Bishkek-Osh road), Phase 4, Madaniyat-Jalal-Abad section, the press service of the ministry reported. Tender proposals were submitted by four companies – Xinjiang Beixin Road & Bridge Group Co. (China), Gezhouba Group Company (China), Corporation Eurotrakt…