Ukraine: gas reserves up

Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) have increased by 55.4%, or by 4.12 billion cubic meters since the gas injection season started on April 9, to 11.554 billion cubic meters. Some 366.55 million cubic meters of gas was injected into the USFs on July 1-7, according to the state-run gas transport system…

Lithuania: President signs laws on tax overhaul

President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed the laws overhauling the country’s tax system, adopted by the Seimas. For the laws to come into effect early next year they must be published six months earlier. The laws are related to the personal income tax, state social insurance, health insurance, tax administration, the profit tax, public procurement, VAT…

Azerbaijan: hazelnut exports to Europe to increase

Azerbaijan Hazelnut Producers and Exporters Association (AHPEA) intends to expand the geography of hazelnut exports on the European market, the association’s Chairman Ismayil Orujov declared. He said that last week Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) organized an export delegation to Switzerland, and about 12 Azerbaijani producers took part in it. “It is important…

Ukraine: Boryspil Airport tops ACI Europe rating for passenger flow increase in May 2018

According to the results of Airports Council International (ACI Europe), Boryspil International Airport in May took the first place in the category of airports that handle 10-25 million passengers, the airport’s press service posted on its Facebook page. “The coordinated work of our team continues to multiply success,” reads the report. Boryspil Airport showed the…