The contract for supplying Oplot-T tanks to the Kingdom of Thailand has been successfully completed, Ukroboronprom Director General Pavlo Bukin has said. A press release by Ukroboronprom citing Bukin said the last party of tanks had passed checks by the customers and would be sent to the buyer in the near future. “The contract was…
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair launches routes from Kyiv and Lviv in October. If its activity is successful, the airline will open a representative office in Ukraine. According to a source close to the negotiation process, Ryanair will launch European routes from Kyiv and Lviv in October. As noted, the new agreement “gives the carrier the…
Rail freight traffic between Belarus and Lithuania went up by 15% in 2017, the press service of Belarusian Railways reported. Head of Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov and director general of Lithuanian Railways Mantas Bartuska held talks in Minsk. “The sides discussed Belarus-Lithuania rail freight traffic in 2017 and ways to boost it in 2018. Last…
S&P Global Ratings kept their “B+” long-term global scale issuer credit rating and “kzBBB-” long-term Kazakhstan national scale rating on Kazkommertsbank (KKB) on CreditWatch with positive implications, where it was placed on December 22, 2017, the press office of the international rating agency reported. At the same time, the rating agency affirmed the “B” short-term…
Freight volume handled at the Port of Klaipeda in January-February grew by 6% YoY, to 7.25 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo grew by 7.6%, to 1.98 million tons, and general cargo – by 19.7%, to 2.28 million tons, while dry bulk cargo fell by 3.4%, to 2.99 million…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman stated that the Ukrainian economy grew by 2.5% in 2017. “Ukraine’s economy grew by 2.5% in 2017. When I became the prime minister, the main task of our government was to stop the decline. We did it and the Ukrainian economy began to grow. I understand that such indicators…
Financing of energy saving projects in Vinnytsia region grew by 13%, to UAH 262 million in 2017 compared with the previous year. This has been reported by the department of information activities and communication with public at Vinnytsia Regional State Administration. “The implementation of energy saving projects remains topical issues for the region. In 2017…