Ukrzaliznytsia railway operator says there is now more than a tenfold increase, to 1.6 million, in the number of passengers traveling to and from the EU by rail. Since year-start, 374,000 passengers have already traveled to EU countries and back on trains, the company press service quotes CEO Yevhen Kravtsov as saying. “The direct passenger…
The country’s GDP growth reached 4% in January-May, Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin said at a government meeting. He instructed to take measures to increase the pace of economic development. The main drivers of the economy were construction – an increase of 8.8%, trade – 7.5%, transport – 5.3%, processing industry, including mechanical engineering –…
SOCAR Carbamide plant has started exporting its products. The first batch with the first Azerbaijani carbamide has been sent from the Hovsan International Port on two vessels – “Phobus” and “Coral”. The authors of the transportation project are the SOCAR Marketing and Operations Department and the Caspian EPC Company, who also regulate and control the…
In April the foreign trade turnover of Latvia was 9.5% larger than a year ago, of which the exports value of goods was 2.9% and imports value of goods 15.3% higher, show provisional data of the Latvian Central Statistical Bureau. According to data published by the body, in April Latvia exported goods in the amount…
In May Ukrainian producers exported more than 40,000 tons of sugar, up by 30% YoY. Azerbaijan remained the main importer of Ukrainian sugar in May (29% of all deliveries). Significant volumes were shipped to Turkey and Tajikistan – 17% and 16% respectively. At the same time, 378,200 tons of sugar were exported in September through…
FlixBus, the largest low-cost bus carrier in Europe, starts operating in Ukraine. “FlixBus, the largest bus carrier in Europe with the cheapest tickets, is already in Ukraine! Except for the United States, we are the first state where it begins to work outside the EU,” Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan posted on Facebook. He added…
Baku Metro keeps on upgrading its facilities and equipment to meet the needs of passengers and provide them with comfort and better services. Head of the press service of Baku Metro Bakhtiyar Mammadov said that the Metro had received two new trains of 10 railroad cars from Russia’s Metrowagonmash company. “Now there is acceptance and…