Power company Eesti Energia is to close part of its operations at the Narva power plants in eastern Estonia, leading to around 150 job losses. Some older electricity generation blocks have to be decommissioned in line with requirements of the EU Industrial Emissions Directive. The move also means the proportion of electricity generated from oil…
A Turkish architect’s project won a competition in Kazakhstan, and would be carried out for a history and culture center in the city of Turkestan. Turkestan Architect Awards – which has five main categories and 15 sub-branches – was launched for the establishment of 15 public buildings in Turkestan. Mehmet Hilmi Sahin joined the competition…
The number of registered unemployed people in Ukraine in the last month of 2018 increased by 40,700 MoM and amounted to 341,700, the State Statistics Service has reported, with reference to the State Employment Service. The registered unemployment rate thus increased to 1.3% from 1.2% in November 2018. According to the service, the greatest increase…
Wizz Air will not sell tickets for Kharkiv-London flights due to the low demand for this route. Now the company’s website offers to buy tickets up to February 9. The management of the Kharkiv airport confirmed that the carrier had decided to cancel the flights. Wizz Air performed the first Kharkiv-London flight on November 13,…
Starting from May 16, the low-cost airline Buta Airways will launch direct flights to another Russian city – Astrakhan, the press service of Buta Airways reported. Astrakhan will be the fifth destination of the low-cost airline in Russia. The airline is already operating regular flights from Baku to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Mineralnye Vody.…
Georgia has exported 28,855 tons of tangerines as of January 15, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture. The export of tangerines grew by 29.36% compared to the 2017-2018 season. Georgian tangerines were mainly exported to: Russia – 19,267 tons, Ukraine – 6,280 tons, Armenia – 2,690 tons, Uzbekistan – 261 tons, Kazakhstan –…
Meat production in Kazakhstan in 2018 made 270,550 tons, up by 8% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reported. Milk production was 535,501tons (+10%). The volume of flour made 4,036,460 tons (+0.7%), sugar – 283,134 tons (-23.9%) and cereals – 81,327 tons (+15%). (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)