The cheapest bread in Ukraine in 2017 grew in price by UAH 2.4, or by 22%. In 2018 social bread prices are expected to continue rising, according to Director of the Ukrainian Association of Trade Networks Suppliers Oleksiy Doroshenko. “In 2017 the price of social black and white bread grew by UAH 2.4. Henceforth, the…
In 2017 the Freeport of Riga handled 33,674,700 tons of cargo, down by 9% YoY. According to the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 11.4%, to 11.776 million tons, transshipment of oil products totaled 5.64 million tons (-30.3%), wood pellets – 646,000 tons (+16.5%) and ore – 514,000 tons (+26.5%). The port’s container throughput grew…
A new complex of high rises is planned for the plot opposite the Olumpia hotel in Tallinn’s city center. Architect Martin Aunin’s winning project will soon be in the works for detailed planning and permits, with the beginning of construction set for the year 2020. The complex will include three office buildings with one high…
Tajikistan is interested in supplying cargoes to international markets through the Caspian Sea, Tajik ambassador to Azerbaijan Soli Rustam said. Soli Rustam made the remarks at a meeting with Chairman of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC Rauf Valiyev in Baku, the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC said in a message. The ambassador also reviewed the company’s…
In Ukraine, with a 10-year warranty, almost 200 kilometers of the Odessa-Reni route were repaired, and the rest will be put into operation in 2018. Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan wrote this on his Facebook page. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)
Stable uncertainty witnessed around the appointment of Valeriya Gontareva’s successor to the post of the National Bank’s Governor while an acting head remains at the helm has already become a bad tradition for Ukraine, said a Ukrainian political analyst and head of the Penta Center for Applied Political Research, Volodymyr Fesenko. “This is not the…
Wages, pensions, state allowances and scholarships have been increased by 10% in Turkmenistan since January 1. The relevant decree of the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was signed last July. The decree provides for an increase of 10% starting from the New Year on salary received by employees of enterprises of self-financing institutions and organizations financed…