The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) at the foreign exchange auction on August 17 bought $44 million, according to the press service of the central bank. As a result of the auction, the minimum exchange rate of hryvnia was UAH 25.5 per U.S. dollar, the maximum – UAH 25.5195 per U.S. dollar, and the average…
The Latvian airBaltic airline carried 393,312 passengers in July, up by 21% YoY. The number of passengers carried by airBaltic remains the highest it has ever been in the airline’s history. In the first seven months airBaltic carried 1,958,774 passengers to destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that the government does not support and will not make any decisions on raising the price of natural gas for households. He stated this at a meeting on preparations for the upcoming heating season during his working visit to Mykolaiv region on August 17. “The government does not…
Kazakhstan exported 314.2 KMT of wheat in June, down by 11.3% MoM, but up by 14.6% YoY. Overall, this season’s wheat exports from Kazakhstan are slightly up (+3.8% YoY). The country shipped 3373 KMT of wheat to foreign markets from September 2016 till June 2017 against 3250 KMT at the same time in MY 2015-2016.…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said that Kherson region has huge potential for the development of tourist sector, and thus all roads there should be reconstructed. “We should solve all issues, roads should be expanded, all of the roads. Taking into account your tourist potential, as it is very important,” Groysman said during…
In January-July Minsk National Airport accommodated 2,288,858 passengers, up by 25% YoY, according to the website of the airport. In January-July the airport serviced 13,842 flights, up by 8.4% YoY. In July Minsk Airport handled 495,778 passengers, an increase of 18.4%, and serviced 2,388 flights, up by 4.1% YoY. Minsk National Airport is Belarus’ first…
Ukraine since the beginning of the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY, July-June) and as of August 16 has exported 4.265 million tons of grain. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the country exported about 1.82 million tons of wheat, 1.44 million tons of barley, and 995,000 tons of corn. In addition, 39,200 tons…