Budget Hungarian carrier Wizzair has had to cancel its flights between Tallinn and three major Ukrainian cities after just one day of operation, due to rising reported COVID-19 rates. Wizzair commenced flights between Tallinn and the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, as well as the cities of Lviv and Kharkiv late last week. Ukraine’s coronavirus rate was…
Ukraine’s solvent banks received UAH 23.8 billion in net profit in the first half of 2020, down by 23% YoY, according to a statement posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). “In January-June, solvent banks received UAH 23.8 billion in net profit, which was 23% less than in the same period…
Ukraine’s state arms exporter Ukrspecexport, a part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, increased net sales revenue in the first half of 2020 by 36.6% YoY, to UAH 1.53 billion, Ukroboronprom press service reported. The result was achieved despite “lockdown in most of the company’s partner countries”, as the firm increased sales of military and dual-use…
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has added two new flights from Odesa to Athens and Barcelona to its schedule and booking system. Flights to Greece will be performed once a week and flights to Spain – twice. The minimum price for air tickets, taking into account the transportation of small hand luggage with dimensions of…
Milling capacities of Tajikistan are able to fully cover the domestic consumption of flour as well as provide for some export, the Minister of Industry and Innovative Technology, Zarobiddin Fayzullozoda has announced. He mentioned that the country produced 374.9 thousand tons of flour in January-June, up by 43.1 thousand tons YoY. “In the reporting period,…
Lithuania’s GDP contracted by 3.7% YoY in the second quarter of 2020, a smaller dip than previously expected. The quarterly GDP stood at 11.5 billion euros at current prices, having shrunk by 5.1% QoQ, Statistics Lithuania said on July 30. “The second-quarter contraction was mostly due to services. Manufacturing had the second-biggest impact and construction…
In June, the turnover of retail trade enterprises was EUR 671 million, data from Statistics Estonia showed. Compared to June 2019, turnover increased by 7% at constant prices. Jaanika Tiigiste, the leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said the turnover of stores selling manufactured goods, which fell in April and May, turned around in June, increasing…