The Freeport of Riga Authority has completed reconstruction of the FG levee, an embankment built to protect the main waterway. It is located in the territory of the Freeport of Riga, on the left bank of the River Daugava, and stretches over a total distance of 1.51 km. The FG levee was built from 1889…
Georgian wine producers participated in the international wine fair VinExpo 2020 in the capital of France, Paris. Chairman of the National Wine Agency Levan Mekhuzla said that showcasing Georgian wines at such exhibitions was crucial for finding new trading partners. “The National Wine Agency continues to support the private sector in order to present Georgian…
Residents of Tallinn have rejected mayor Mihhail Kolvart’s proposal to limit driving speed within city limits to 40 km/h, forcing the municipality to look for other ways to control road traffic speed. The proposal to limit driving speed in Tallinn to 40 km/h was presented in autumn 2019. The idea was justified with how several…
The shortcomings of macroeconomic forecasting, in particular regarding the hryvnia exchange rate, led the state budget falling short of UAH 2.3 billion ($94 million) in January, said head of the Accounts Chamber of Ukraine, Valeriy Patskan. “The actual hryvnia exchange rate in January on average amounted to UAH 24.1 to the dollar, while budget revenue…
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Riabchyn and Norway’s State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen have discussed the development of Ukrainian-Norwegian cooperation in the energy sector. They met in Oslo on February 12. The meeting was also attended by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Norway Vyacheslav Yatsiuk and…
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $882.4 million in January, up by 5.7% YoY, showed data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The value of exports increased by 10% and reached $262.6 million, while imports increased by 3.9%, amounting to $619.7 million. The trade deficit of Georgia in January amounted to $357.1 million,…
Europe’s largest bus company, FlixBus, will start traveling to Tallinn under plans to expand to eastern and western Europe in the first half of 2020. The Ministry of Economy has approved FlixBus Polska’s request to open bus routes on Berlin-Tallinn, Warsaw-Tallinn and Prague-Tallinn. “We are preparing to start operations in the Baltic States,” said Michal…