Riga-Vilnius-Minsk-Kyiv train will be launched from the Ukrainian capital on September 28, Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan said at a briefing upon the plenary session of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Lithuanian Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, which was held in Lviv on July 17, the press service of the Infrastructure Ministry reports. “Last year’s agenda,…
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Kadri Simson (Centre) has announced that the ministry is backing an initiative to build a “Tartu Road delta road” or the so-called Smaller Tallinn Ring Road, in order to help calm road traffic on the major thoroughfares to the south of the city center of Tallinn, such as Tartu…
From July 16 for technical reasons and unfavorable temperature the international Urgench airport is closed, the Uzbek national airline “Uzbek Airlines” reported. According to the information, flights to Urgench airport were transferred to the international airports of Nukus and Bukhara. The international airport Urgench is located in the same city, the center of Khorezm region,…
It is planned to open direct flights from Bishkek to Tbilisi, the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze made such an offer during a meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev. According to him, Georgia is ready to exchange experience in the implementation of the Open Skies project. He noted the importance of strengthening cooperation…
The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-May amounted to $2,054.9 million, up by 44.4% YoY. This data was provided by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. In January-May Ukraine’s total imports of goods made up $21,515.0 million, or 115.3% compared to January-May 2017. Ukraine’s total exports of goods over the reporting period…
The state-run railways operator JSC Ukrzaliznytsia may raise fares for passengers by 25% (+/-3%) in 2018-2019 and by 30% (+/-3%) in 2020-2021 annually. Such a forecast is given in the outlook for the social and economic development of Ukraine in 2019-2021. Freight transportation rates may also soar by 25% (+/-3%) in 2018-2019 annually. According to…
Uzbekistan intends to supply to China about 20,000 tons of high-quality cherries in the next season. The representative for the coordination of the export of agricultural products in the framework of cooperation of Uzbekistan-China Dilshod Mullabaev held talks with employees of the quarantine service and the General Administration of Customs Authorities about the results of…