African swine fever (ASF) has devastated pig farming in Estonia. Only 14% of the number of farms in 2014 remains, says UK daily The Guardian, with small-holdings especially ravaged. Over the four years, the number of pig farms apparently has fallen from 920 to 125. By law, even one ASF case means the slaughter of…
Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says that Latvians’ demand that Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) pay them over 82 million euros for the dismantling of a railway track to Renge a decade ago has come as a surprise to him and more: it was “a stab in the back”, according to him. LG said that it…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-August climbed by 19.3% YoY, to 4,976,200 tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period, transshipment of grain grew by 42%, to 2,066,500 tons, construction materials – by 10%, to 482,100 tons, while transshipment of oil products fell by 16.5%, to 222,900 tons. Container traffic…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated workers of the oil, gas and oil refining industry on their professional holiday on September 9. The letter of congratulations was posted on the website of the head of state. “I sincerely congratulate you on your professional holiday. Increasing our own extraction of hydrocarbons and production of high-quality fuel, efficient…
The Austrian Airlines increases the number of flights to Ukraine. Almost 30 flights will be performed to Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv and Odesa a week from the end of October. “Up to 16 flights will be performed to Kyiv within the next winter schedule. In general, the Austrian Airlines offers up to 30 weekly flights to…
Over the seven months of this year inflation rate in Azerbaijan has been 2.8%, Chairman of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan Elman Rustamov said. He made the remarks at the Azerbaijani forum on competitiveness on September 7. “Inflation rate in Azerbaijan has stabilized since 2017,” Rustamov said. “In the first seven months of 2018 this…
According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves totaled $7,246.4 million as of September 1, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. In August the country’s gold and foreign currency reserves went up…