Eesti Energia’s CO2 emissions decreased by half last year, as the company reduced its electricity production from oil shale after an increase in European Union carbon quota prices and competition from Russian electricity production. “In 2019, the price of a CO2 quota increased to EUR 30 per ton, and unfair competition from Russian electricity in…
Armenia will have at least a 7.5% economic growth based on the annual results of 2019, Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan has declared. “We have started a very good year as it is built on the good base of 2019. Based on the results of the 11 months of the past year we have a…
The previous year was profitable for the State Treasury as the state budget revenues grew by 15.5%. Over eleven months of 2019, the state budget’s revenues have equaled KZT11.5 trillion, up by 15.5% YoY (KZT10 trillion). In turn, the amount of revenues amounted to KZT8.5 trillion excluding transfers. Thus, over the year it has grown…
The EU will assist Ukraine in developing renewable energy and energy efficiency, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson has stated. “After negotiations on gas transit, Ukraine can focus on the energy of the future, in particular on the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The EU will provide its support,” Simson said during a…
Passenger flow at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) decreased by 6.9% in 2019 compared to the previous year, the press service of the airport wrote on its Facebook page on January 13. The total number of passengers serviced by the airport last year made up 2.618 million, including 2.559 million passengers on international flights.…
The maximum permissible number of foreign workforce allowed for attraction by Kazakhstan in 2020 is 29,292 or 0.32% against the total number of workforce. As the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection informed, the quota was cut by 40% compared to 2019 (48,700). Aktobe, West Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda and North Kazakhstan regions fully abandoned the attraction…
In 2019 the Freeport of Riga handled 32,762,200 tons of cargo, down by 10.1% YoY. Transshipment of coal fell by 27.2%, to 10,357,700 tons, and oil products – by 7.2%, to 3,791,300 tons, while wood pellets grew by 20.4%, to 1,133,400 tons, and ore – by 29.9%, to 646,200 tons. The port’s container throughput declined…