Lithuanian airline Transaviabaltika is due to continue its route between Tallinn and the island of Saaremaa on June 1. Transaviabaltika had previously serviced the island, flying to Kuressaare airport at the island’s capital, and the route was opened to tender at the end of 2018, ahead of the expiry of the company’s previous contract. The…
In January-March, 3.54 million tons of cargo were transported by rail, up by 8.2% YoY, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC reported. International shipments amounted to 1.82 million tons of cargo, including both export and import. Among the total cargo transportation, transit transportation amounted to 939,100 tons. Domestic shipments amounted to 781,200 tons of cargo. The average daily…
Retail trade in Ukraine grew by 7.9% YoY in comparable prices in January-April 2019, to UAH 319.887 billion ($12.3 billion). Retail turnover increased the most in Vinnytsia region (by 13.2%, to UAH 5.167 billion or $197.9 million), Kyiv region (by 12.1% to UAH 17.798 billion or $681.7 million), Ivano-Frankivsk region (by 12% to $4.551 or…
In the current year, the harvest of sunflower seed in Ukraine will total nearly 13.36 million tons, down by 5.7% YoY, while the harvest of soybeans will grow by 5.1%, to 4.703 million tons, reported the Ukrainian Food Export Board (UFEB). It was noted that the harvest of rapeseed was forecast at the level of…
Pasha Bank Georgia and Pasha Yatirim Bankasi A.S., subsidiary banks of Azerbaijan’s Pasha Bank OJSC, improved the financial performance in 2018, Chief Financial Administrator, member of the Bank’s board Bahruz Naghiyev said. Naghiyev made the remarks in Baku at the press conference dedicated to the outcome of the subsidiaries’ activity in 2018. Pasha Bank Georgia’s…
Estonia-founded international money transfer company Transferwise has closed a secondary funding round of $292 million, or EUR 261.1 million. Investors used the Transferwise for Business platform when settling the financing. Transferwise is now valued at $3.5 billion, and the latest funding round brings the total raised by the company in both primary and secondary funding…
Sergo Stepanyan and Samvel Stepanyan, Russia-based Armenian brothers and successful businessmen, have invested nearly $210,000 (100,000,000 drams) in the Armenian province of Kotayk, the Ministry of Diaspora reported. The two Armenians have funded the construction of a 3 km road in the Nor Yerznka community of the province. The inauguration of the road will take…