Tallinn Mayor Taavi Aas (Centre) has said that the proposed Reidi Road (Reidi Tee) in central Tallinn has more supporters than opponents. The new road, which is planned to service the Tallinn harbor area and is to run along the seafront towards the Russalka Monument in Kadriorg, has drawn criticism from environmentalists and others. However,…
Ten Lithuanian meat-processing companies have been given the green light for exporting chilled and frozen beef and pork and beef and pork products. The Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service said that it had received confirmation from Hong Kong’s competent authority. The ten companies are Utenos Mesa, Agaras, Krekenavos Agrofirma, Pajurio Mesine, Agrovet, Biovela’s meat…
The United States accounted for the largest share of small arms exports from Ukraine in 2017. A report on Ukrainian-made arms exports was posted by the State Export Control Service of Ukraine. According to the report, Ukraine last year sold 15,040 assault rifles and submachine guns to the United States, while 2,000 pieces of light…
The Ukroboronprom State Concern has started serial production of fuel-air explosives (FAE) – the new RPO-16 infantry fire-flamethrowers equipped with a grenade packed with a special thermobaric mixture, the concern’s press service said. According to the report, new thermobaric weapons, which will be mass-produced in the framework of the state defense order at the concern’s…
A number of new routes between the cities of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan may be launched in the near future, Minister of transport of Tajikistan Khudoer Khudoerzoda declared. A regular bus service was opened between Khujand and Tashkent in mid-May. It was also planned to open new bus routes to other cities of Uzbekistan, but this…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the construction price index of the second quarter increased by 0.3% QoQ and by 2% YoY. In the second quarter, compared to the same quarter last year, the construction price index was affected primarily by an increase in the cost of labor, which accounted for three quarters of…
The passenger traffic at the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport hit 2,045,154 passengers in January-June, up by 17% YoY, the company’s press service reports. In the past six months it also increased internal passenger flow by 12%, the airport served 1,346,578 people at large. During the period under consideration, the international airport received 798,576 of international…