Tbilisi International Airport has been named on “Skytrax World Airport Awards 2020” as one of the top ten airports in Eastern Europe for the seventh year in a row. In the survey, ten airports were named as the best airports in the Eastern Europe in 2020, including international airports in Budapest, Bucharest, Tallinn, Kyiv (Boryspil),…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-April fell by 22.7% YoY, to 2,169,600 tons. In the reporting period, transshipment of grain dropped by 2.2%, to 903,600 tons, anthracite – 5-fold, to 109,200 tons, and construction materials – by 2.9%, to 271,900 tons, while transshipment of oil products grew by 32.8%, to 166,700…
Economy Minister Ruslan Dalenov spoke about the results of the country’s socioeconomic development for January-April. Production of goods grew by 5.8%, while the production of services fell by 4%. As a result the GDP decreased by 0.2%. Production of services fell due to restrictions imposed amid the coronavirus spread fears. The annual inflation made 6.8%.…
Ukraine’s banking sector saw its profit grow by 23.8% YoY in the first quarter of 2020, to UAH 16 billion, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. At the same time, in March alone, the banking sector received only UAH 97 million in profit due to a sharp increase in allocations…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says the country’s international reserves as of May 1 totaled $25.695 billion, up by 3.1% MoM. “As of May 1, Ukraine had an equivalent of $25,695.0 million in international reserves, according to preliminary data. In April, they increased by 3.1%. The increase was primarily driven by the NBU’s reserves…
Use of personal transport is allowed in Bishkek. Mayor of the capital, Aziz Surakmatov, has stated. According to him, since public transport does not work, citizens can travel by their private cars. “If you need to leave home for personal reasons, you need to fill out a route sheet,” he said. (24.kg/Business World Magazine)
In March the foreign trade turnover of Latvia amounted to EUR 2.42 billion, which at current prices was 5.1% less than a year ago, of which the exports value of goods dropped by 0.7%, but imports value of goods – by 8.4%. In March, Latvia exported goods in the amount of EUR 1.1 billion, but…