Kaido Zimmerman has been appointed management board chair of state railtrack company Eesti Raudtee. Zimmermann starts his five-year term on March 1. He was elected by Eesti Raudtee’s supervisory board. He replaces Erik Laidvee, who resigned in December 2020. Sven Pertens, supervisory board chair, said, Kaido Zimmermann’s reputation, management experience at Eesti Raudtee and elsewhere,…
Business Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, press service of the Business Ombudsman reported. The purpose of the memorandum is interaction, establishment of effective cooperation to ensure transparent activities of public authorities. “Within the framework of the agreement, it is planned to form directions for business development, implement…
Ukraine’s Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) will receive UAH 58.8 million worth of state support for the implementation of nine projects within the sectoral budget program of the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development. “For the first time in the history of Ukraine, 11 Regional Development Agencies will receive UAH 58.8 million from the state budget…
Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii has said the international air travel may fully resume from 2023. This year Ukraine might reach half of the 2019 passenger traffic volume. Kryklii noted in 2020 Ukraine saw less than a third (28%) of the passenger traffic it had in 2019. At the same time, the minister adds, expectations and…
According to a study by Oxford Research Baltics, the losses the aviation industry suffered in 2020 compose 19.4% of the total expected GDP decline in Latvia. However, the total influence, including indirect and induced effect, reaches 43% of the total GDP decline, as reported by Latvian Aviation Association. Estimates form Oxford Research Baltics showed that…
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, film industry in Lithuania reported record-setting investments in 2020, the Lithuanian Film Centre said. Swedish TV series were among the biggest productions. International film producers spent almost 27 million euros in Lithuania last year, up from 15 million euros in 2019. Meanwhile Lithuanian producers raised 11.3 million euros from local companies…
Houses for orphans will be built in Bishkek, Acting Mayor of Bishkek, Balbak Tulobaev, has told at a meeting. According to him, at a meeting with the president elect Sadyr Japarov, the city authorities were instructed to build a multi-storey house for orphans. “Sadyr Japarov said that he would find the money. We will build…