Inflation ran at 0.6% YoY in February, state agency Statistics Estonia reported. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose slightly more between January and February, at 0.9%, Statistics Estonia reported, though goods actually saw a deflation of -0.6% YoY on the CPI, while services cost 2.7% more than in February 2020. Statistics Estonia leading analyst Viktoria…
Prices for potatoes have increased by 70% and for vegetable oil – by 64% over the past year in Kyrgyzstan, director of the State Agency for Antimonopoly Regulation Shukhrat Sabirov has announced. According to him, price of sugar grew by 57%, meat – by 20-40%, eggs – by 34%. An increase in prices for fuel…
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the 14th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) on March 4. The event was chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In his address, Mirziyoyev named the space of the Economic Cooperation Organization a region with huge potential, a common history, religion, culture and values. He also underlined that the…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) forecasts that remittances from migrant workers to Ukraine will amount to $13 billion in 2021, up by 8% YoY, Deputy NBU Governor Yuriy Heletiy has said. “In 2021, remittances from migrant workers are expected to grow by 8%, to about $13 billion,” Heletiy said at a briefing. He added…
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines has resumed flights between Kherson city and the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh, the press service of Kherson International Airport reports. “On March 3, we resumed flights to Sharm El Sheikh. It has been unavailable for over a year,” the airport reports on its Facebook page. Flights will be operated twice…
Compared to 2019 under the impact of Covid-19, passenger traffic by all modes of transport fell significantly in 2020. Covid-19 pandemic and related movement restrictions determined drop of passenger traffic by all modes of transport, according to data composed by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. In 2020, the number of passengers carried by land…
Kazakhstan is set to resume flights to Tajikistan, the Telegram Channel of the Civil Aviation Committee reads. In conformity with the decision of the Interdepartmental commission for prevention of spread of coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan dated March 2, it is allowed to resume regular flights between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. From March 14, Air Astana will…