Estonia’s European Commissioner Kadri Simson (Center) said that a solution was needed to alleviate the recent emergence of cheaper Russian and Belarusian electricity imports on the Estonian market. She also said that the oil shale industry per se wasn’t necessarily dead, hinting that options for its continuation and even the construction of a new refinery…
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) and German rail operator Deutsche Bahn will sign a memorandum of cooperation at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “A large-scale cooperation project between Ukrzaliznytsia and Deutsche Bahn, German’s largest rail operator, is being prepared. It does not imply privatization or concession. It means involving German experts, experience, management and technology…
Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel says the ministry plans to increase the share of energy generated from alternative sources up to 70% over the next 30 years. “We say that the share of renewable energy should be about 70% by 2050. We have estimates, various charts, and scenarios for the implementation…
Kazakh Grain Union forecasts export of soft wheat to decline by 21%, to 4.8 million tons in 2019-2020 MY. Over the last years, planted areas under wheat have been declining, while the average yield has been staying rather stable. However, the yield declined to 0.9 ton/ha in 2019. “According to Kazakh Grain Union estimation, soft…
Lithuania is buying new special-purpose Arocs trucks for its Armed Forces for around 10 million euros, the Defense Ministry has said. A contract on the purchase of the trucks was signed on January 20 by the Lithuanian Defense Materiel Agency and Silberauto, the representative of the German carmaker Daimler in Lithuania. Four carmakers bid for…
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Israel, Satybaldy Burshakov, has met with Director General of the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority Joel Feldshukh and representatives of Israeli airlines, the press service of the Kazakh MFA informs. The diplomat informed aviation experts about the “open skies” regime at airports in 11 cities of Kazakhstan since November 1, 2019, which…
A senior Iraqi lawmaker announced that the country’s government was exploring buying Russian, Chinese or Ukrainian air defense systems, possibly in exchange for Iraqi oil shipments. The initiative comes following the U.S. lethal airstrike in Baghdad early this month against Iranian Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani. Badr al-Ziyadi, a member of the Iraqi parliament’s security…