In January-July, the exports of Ukrainian agro-industrial products to the EU increased by 10% YoY, to $3.7 billion, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) reported. As of August 1, Ukraine fully used the quotas for duty-free exports of agri-food products to the EU in seven groups of goods: honey, cereals and flour, processed starch, processed tomatoes,…
Estonia’s economic growth exceeded 5% in the first quarter, while analysts said that double digits could be seen in the second. “Because we saw strong growth and GDP climb to a high level in the first quarter, this would affect the remaining three quarters, with annual growth forecast as noteworthy,” Tonu Mertsina, chief economist for…
The Ukrainian low-cost airline Bees Airline has performed its first flight from Kyiv to Samarkand. A solemn event was held with traditional dances, dishes of national cuisine reflecting the whole flavor of the Uzbek people. The participants were also presented with the tourist potential of Samarkand, and the visitors expressed their intention to visit Samarkand…
Nordica subsidiary Regional Jet reported a loss of close to EUR 6.5 million in 2020, a yearm which blighted the aviation sector as a whole with the arrival of the pandemic, as Regional Jet reported a 34% fall in turnover over the same period. Jan Palmer, board chair and CEO, said the timing of the…
According to the full list of projects on which members of the recently uncovered construction cartel had worked, there were projects like Riga Castle, the University of Latvia Academic Centre in Tornakalns, the headquarters of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB), Liepaja Prison and others, Competition Council reported. Generally the 77 construction projects mentioned…
The Uzbek government has plans to implement a $138-million project aimed at improving the water supply system in the country’s extreme southeast Surkhandarya region. According to project details, presented on August 11 to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, funds were expected to be raised from international financial institutions. They would be used to build a 400 km-long…
Germany will ship large quantities of the AstraZeneca vaccine to five countries in the coming days. Afghanistan will receive 213,600 doses, Ethiopia – 271,200 doses, Sudan – 357,600 doses, Tajikistan – 100,800 doses and Uzbekistan – 355,200 doses, a spokesman for the German federal government has said. Recipient countries are reported to be in dire…