Tajikistan plans to buy 250 million cubic meters of natural gas from Uzbekistan in 2021, Tajiktransgas Vice Chairman Shavkat Shoimov has announced. “The agreement on delivery of 250 million cubic meters of gas was concluded between Tajiktransgas and Uztransgas,” he said. This is 11% more than the volume of gas imported last year. Tajikistan increased…
Registered unemployment in Estonia increased to 8.3% in December 2020 with the largest rate of unemployment present in Ida-Viru County. The most common for unemployed persons registering with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (Tootukassa) last year was layoffs. In 2020, the fund registered a total of 110,942 unemployed people, up by 30.6% YoY. There were 87,877…
Number of regular flights from Bishkek to Moscow increases from one to three, the Russian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan has reported. In accordance with the agreement reached, the government of the Russian Federation decided to increase the frequency of flights between Russia and the Kyrgyz Republic from February 8, the diplomatic mission said. “Instead of one,…
Ukraine’s trade turnover in January amounted to $8.14 billion, down by $140 million YoY, according to data provided by the State Customs Service of Ukraine. In January, Ukraine imported goods worth $4.2 billion (imports increased by $87 million, or by 2%). Exports from Ukraine amounted to $3.9 billion (down by $227 million, or by 5%).…
The Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine and the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at providing a favorable environment for the development of credit unions, the Fund’s press service reports. “On February 2, the Deposit Guarantee Fund and the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) signed a Memorandum…
Latvijas dzelzcels (LDz) subsidiary SIA LDz Cargo has been abusing its dominant position on the railway freight market, as reported by Competition Council (KP). Looking at LDz Cargo’s operations and their compliance with the Competition Law, KP found there were four freight carriers active on Latvia’s railway freight market. However, LDz Cargo has been abusing…
Minister of the Environment Tonis Molder (Center) said he would not rule out using hydrogen and nuclear energy as an alternative to oil shale. Molder noted that while the new government had set its sights on exiting the production of oil shale energy and later oil shale in general as an energy source, the jobs…