The Road Administration authority has declared the procurement procedure in the Tallinn-Kuressaare flight route, linking the capital of Estonia’s largest islands to the mainland, invalid, leaving it unclear who will be operating the route in future. The issue surrounds the awarding or otherwise of the contract to Regional Air, a subsidiary of Estonian carrier Nordica.…
The World Bank (WB) has maintained the forecast of GDP growth in Azerbaijan in 2019 at the level of 3.3%, based on the bank’s June report “Global Economic Prospects”. According to the report, WB confirmed the acceleration of GDP growth in Azerbaijan in 2020 to 3.5%, and in 2021 – to 3. %. In general,…
Georgia’s three international airports serviced 1,912,352 passengers in January-May, up by 19% YoY, says the United Airports of Georgia. The number of passengers who took regular or charter flights in Georgia increased in all three main airports of the country: Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, Batumi Aleksandre Kartveli International Airport and Kutaisi David Aghmashenebeli International…
In January-May, Ukrainian gas enterprises produced 8.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas, the press service of Ukrtransgaz JSC reports. “Since the beginning of the year and as of May, Ukrainian gas enterprises produced 8.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas, up by 3.5% YoY,” reads the report. Ukrainian consumers of all categories from the…
Transit shipments of natural gas via the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) in January-May grew by 7.8% YoY, to 37.6 billion cubic meters. In particular, gas transit supplies from Russia via Ukraine in May alone stood at 8.37 billion cubic meters, up by 16.4% YoY, the state-run gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz said. (UNIAN/Business World…
Kazakhstan exported 1.2 million tons of flour in September-March 2018-2019, down by 21% YoY and the lowest volume in three years. Afghanistan is the biggest importer with its market share reaching 67%. Growth in exports is registered to China (+272%) and Tajikistan (+59%). A decrease in shipments is observed to Afghanistan (-20%), Uzbekistan (-33%) and…
The Centre Party announced that a quick solution and government intervention was required to help mitigate the effects of proposed layoffs by state-owned energy provider Eesti Energia. The decision was made at a crisis meeting held by the coalition majority party’s parliamentary group, with group chair Kadri Simson stating the two key issues were preserving…