Latvia’s Competition Council has applied a fine of EUR 2.4 million to Riga’s public transport company Rigas satiksme for participating in a prohibited agreement in the so-called nano-water case, as reported by the council on April 24. The Competition Council uncovered a prohibited agreement in two of Rigas satiksme’s price surveys on procurement of nano-technological…
FlyArystan has demonstrated its Airbus A320 aircraft, which is ready to take passengers on board. The Kazakh low-cost airline will operate its first flight on the Almaty – Nur-Sultan route on May 1. “We are part of the Air Astana group of companies. The aircraft also belongs to Air Astana, but previously it had a…
The situation with Deglava Bridge in Riga is the result of past policy, said Latvia’s Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. This is the result of the municipality investing money in free tickets instead of infrastructure, said the prime minister. He also said that dismissal of conclusions made by the State Construction Control Bureau, as was done…
In January-March, Ukrainian enterprises completed construction works worth UAH 26.5 billion, the index of construction in relation to the relevant period in 2018 amounted to 124.3%, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Lev Partskhaladze wrote on his Facebook page. “In 2019, the construction industry continues growing. In the first quarter, construction works…
In January-March, retail trade turnover in Ukraine reached UAH 235.8 billion, up by 12.5% YoY, the State Statistics Service reports. The biggest growth in retail trade turnover over the reporting period was recorded in the city of Kyiv (UAH 45.05 billion), Dnipropetrovsk region (UAH 22.2 billion) and Kharkiv region (UAH 19.1 billion). The lowest retail…
A total of 747,774 employed people in Georgia are involved in the accumulative pension system, while both pension contributions and interest amounts total 174,047,572 GEL (about $64.46 million or EUR 57.31 million), says Director of the Pension Agency Levan Surguladze. Out of 747,774 employed people 187,472 people work in the public sector, and 581,439 people…
Latvian road construction company SIA Binders experiences a shortage of workers. Because of that, the company plans to attract guest workers from Ukraine and Belarys, says Bindars board chairman Aigars Seja. “The situation remains largely unchanged year after year. The number of potential workers keeps getting smaller. We search for people every season. Our human…