44 major investment projects that are to create 13 thousand jobs are under implementation in Karaganda region. 1,700 SME projects have already gained the support. According to the region’s governor Zhenis Kassymbek, a plan is said to be mapped out to implement the President’s Address, containing strategies for each point of the Address. The governor…
Uzbek airlines resume regular air service to Kazakhstan. In particular, the first flight Tashkent-Almaty-Tashkent is slated for September 11. It will fly once a week on Fridays. Besides, Uzbekistan Airways JSC will fly to the UAE, Germany, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. All passengers should provide a medical note with negative PCR test results in English or…
Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan discussed the resumption of regular meetings of representatives of public and private structures of the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. This was said during a videoconference between Minister of foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Chingiz Aidarbekov. The parties also actively cooperate…
LLC Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) said transit shipments of natural gas through the country’s gas transmission system in January-August shrank by 42% YoY, to 34.8 billion cubic meters. Over the period under review, 23.9 billion cubic meters was transported to Slovakia, 5.9 billion cubic meters to Hungary, 2.6 billion cubic meters to…
Exports of goods from Ukraine in monetary terms in July and August kept growing as compared to the previous months. That’s according to Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture, who is also the country’s Trade Representative. “Our exports have been growing for two consecutive months. July was slightly better than…
Ferry company Tallink Grupp has said that more than 2,000 jobs are at risk if salary compensation schemes are not extended in Estonia and Finland or travel restrictions are lifted. The company is currently undergoing an “extensive reorganization”. Nearly all 1,200 Tallink Silja OY employees are affected by the lay-offs, both in the company’s onshore…
Gaso has turned to Latvia’s Public Utilities Commission (SPRK), submitting a new tariff project for natural gas transmission system. This project provides for an increase of fixed and variable components only for small connections with low consumption, as reported by Gaso. It provides for a small fixed fee increase of 5% for second to eighth…