Ukrainian aircraft An-225 Mriya has made its first flight after repair and modernization. The pilots raised the Mriya to a height of about 12 kilometers, where they tested the plane’s new navigation equipment. “Our designers have implemented another series of improvements in avionics. Such modernization is going on continuously,” Director of Antonov Airlines Mykhailo Kharchenko…
Latvian airline airBaltic is launching direct flights from Tallinn to London’s Gatwick Airport on March 27. AirBaltic will operate flights from Tallinn to nine destinations this year. Currently the Latvian airline operates direct flights from Tallinn to Riga, Vilnius, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and Amsterdam, and as of next week will fly to London as well.…
Armenia’s nuclear energy production will grow by 10% under the service life extension and modernization program of the second power unit of the nuclear plant, minister of energy infrastructure and natural resources Ashot Manukyan declared on March 21. According to him, the capacity factors of electricity production are currently equally distributed in Armenia. “Nuclear energy,…
Belarus and Georgia are opening a facility to assemble lifts in Tbilisi, Ambassador of Belarus to Georgia Mikhail Myatlikov said. “The project to set up the assembly production of lifts in Georgia is getting off the ground. About 25,000 lifts need to be modernized in Georgia. Of them at least 50% are of Belarusian make…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has left the list of systemically important banks unchanged. It includes three banks – PJSC CB PrivatBank, JSC Ukreximbank and JSC Oshchadbank, the central bank’s press service reports. “PJSC CB PrivatBank, JSC Ukreximbank and JSC Oshchadbank have been designated as systemically important for 2018. This is stipulated in the…
The Deposit Guarantee Fund has extended the term of liquidation of three banks – JSC Commercial Bank Union, JSC Commercial Bank Expobank, and JSC Commercial Bank TK Credit, the Fund’s press service reports. “The Executive Directorate of the Deposit Guarantee Fund approved a decision dated March 15, No. 741, to extend the term of liquidation…
Armenia’s government debt decreased by 0.6% in February, official data reveals. According to information provided by the finance ministry, the country’s debt totaled $6.898 billion in January and dropped to $6.851 billion the next month. The foreign debt is down by 0.2% in the reporting period, decreasing from $4.963 billion in January to $4.950 in…