Spanish low cost airline Vueling Airlines has launched Paris-Kyiv scheduled flights. “We are happy to welcome another airline to our aviation family – Vueling Airlines. As of today, 38 airlines fly on 118 routes to the Boryspil Airport, thus indicating the rapid resumption of passenger traffic and proving the fact that our strategy to attract…
Lithuania’s transport minister has asked the government commission vetting strategic companies’ deals to evaluate the existing contract between Lithuanian Railways and the Belarusian fertilizer producer Belaruskali. The state-owned railway company continues to transport Belaruskali products even as US sanctions come into force. Lithuanian Railways said that it had received pre-payment from Belaruskali and would continue…
Compared to November 2020, the average level of consumer prices increased by 7.5% in November 2021. The greatest pressure on the average price level changes in November 2021 compared to November 2020 was put by the rise in prices of goods and services related to housing, goods and services related to transport, prices of food…
Estonian accommodation establishments serviced over 227,000 tourists in October, up by 44% YoY, data from Statistics Estonia showed. Statistics Estonia analyst Helga Laurmaa said foreign tourists found their way to Estonia once again in October. “Compared to October 2020, there were three times more foreign tourists, although their number was still almost two times smaller…
The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan entered the foreign exchange market for the first time in December with intervention. It sold $10.5 million with settlements on the date of the transaction and $60.8 million – with settlements different from the transaction rate. This is the largest sale of US dollars since the beginning of 2021. Since…
Georgia imported 1,773 tons of textiles, including dress patterns, from Turkey in January-October, worth $37.1 million, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. The figure increased by 48.9%, compared to $24.9 million worth of textile (1,186 tons) imported from January through October 2020. Meanwhile, Georgian exports of knitted goods to Turkey increased by 69.9%, to $53.2…
In the third quarter of 2021, state-owned banks sealed a profit of UAH 11.6 billion (nearly $424.4 million), up by 7.6% QoQ. Of the total profit, 82.9% (UAH 9.6 billion, or $351.2 million) is that of PrivatBank. In the third quarter, banks continued to expand lending services. Compared to July 1, the loan portfolio of…