Pasazieru vilciens (PV) and Skoda Vagonka (Skoda) have signed a contract for the supply of 32 new electric trains. The contract states that all trains have to be supplied before the end of 2023. Company representatives say that the supply of new trains will be performed gradually – the first trains will be supplied in…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the turnover of retail trade enterprises in June increased by 3% YoY at constant prices, to EUR 635 million. The turnover of stores selling manufactured goods increased by 4%. Turnover increased in five and decreased in two economic activities. Turnover increased the most in stores selling textiles, clothing…
For the first time, Azerbaijan’s Aghjabadi district has launched the production of Adasa 16 hybrid corn seeds. Parental lines of maize were planted on a plot of three hectares (maternal line ADK 455 and paternal line Cukurova 96/25) in order to obtain the Adasa 16 hybrid. The oil content of this hybrid is 4.59%, while…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 18 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.25 to the dollar. This is the lowest dollar rate recorded in almost three years. On July 30 $100 cost UAH 2,525.2582 (UAH 2,543.9728 as of July 29). EUR 100 cost UAH 2,807.8346…
In January-May Ukraine exported frozen fish to the European Union countries to the tune of $231,700. “Over the first five months of 2019, 178,000 tons of Ukrainian frozen fish were delivered to the foreign markets to the tune of $498,000. Thus, 46% of all Ukrainian frozen fish exports (in monetary terms) went to the European…
Azerbaijan Railways CJSC is ready to launch passenger transportation via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) route, said Javid Gurbanov, chairman of the Azerbaijan Railways. He said that the new trains were already in Baku. “However, not everything depends on us,” he noted. “It is necessary that both the Georgian and Turkish sides be ready.” He added that…
At the end of 2018 Latvia’s State Employment Agency (SEA) focused on the category of unemployed people older than 50. These people accounted for 40.5% of all unemployed people in Latvia, according to the agency’s 2018 report. Long-term unemployed people were also SEA’s focus last year. These people account for 25.1% of all unemployed people…