The number of passengers carried by Nordic Aviation Group AS, Estonia’s national airline operating under the Nordica brand, increased by 22% YoY, to 760,000 in 2018. Nordica route network manager Mart Sibrik said that 680,000 passengers, representing the lion’s share thereof, flew on the Tallinn route network, while the remaining passengers were served on domestic…
Although most forecasts indicate that Kazakhstan’s pig industry is heading for extinction, the Kazakh Union of Pig Farmers has recently adopted a development program targeting a significant increase in production capacities with export opportunities. In the plan, Russia and China would be the main targets of the exports. By 2025, the Kazakh Union of Pig…
Azerbaijan’s AzerMash company together with the automobile company Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) have launched the production of Peugeot cars under the Khazar brand on the basis of the Neftchala Industrial Site, spokesperson for AzerMash company Gunay Namidar reported. “Several Peugeot cars have been already produced,” she added. “The cars have been equipped with an…
As part of the visit of a delegation of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and State Concern Ukroboronprom to Jordan, Director General of Ukroboronprom Pavlo Bukin met with Prince Faisal bin Hussein. The parties discussed, in particular, the issues of military and technical cooperation, Ukroboronprom’s press service reported. “The parties discussed the issues of bilateral military and…
The agricultural company Olgopol commissions a milk factory in the Chechelnitsky district of Vinnytsya region, the company informs. The capacity of the enterprise provides for processing of 5 tons of milk daily. The factory will produce all types of dairy products, except for butter. The company has implemented a system for quality and food safety…
According to Statistics Estonia, the consumer change index changed by -0.2% compared to December 2018, and increased by 2.7% YoY in January. Goods were 1.5% and services 4.9% more expensive compared to January 2018. Regulated prices of goods and services increased by 4%, and non-regulated prices by 2.3%. The consumer price index was affected the…
Speaking about the results of 2018, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev noted a reduction in the budget deficit, investment in the Affordable Housing program and the capitalization of Aiyl Bank. According to him, last year, the budget deficit amounted to 6.6 billion soms, or 1.2% of GDP, down by 10.7 billion soms YoY.…