The final data on the year 2017 by the European Union statistical bureau Eurostat showed that both the economy of the EU and the euro area had expanded at the quickest pace since 2007. Economist Ryan Djajasaputra of the South-African, British banking group Investec evaluated that much of the growth in 2017 had been driven…
Belkommunmash has delivered forty trolleybuses to Togliatti, which became the Belarusian company’s largest supply to Russia over the past three years. Belkommunmash won a tender to supply 40 trolleybuses of 321 Model to Togliatti. Seeking to improve the environmental situation the Russian city authorities have been actively renewing the fleet of electric transport vehicles. Many…
Uzbekistan Airways, the flag carrier of Uzbekistan, has introduced the second frequency of direct flights on the route Tashkent – New York – Tashkent. The flights will be performed starting from April 5 according to the following schedule (local time): Thursday: HY 101 Tashkent 05:45 – New York 10:00 Thursday: HY 102 New York 12:45…
The economic sentiment indicator in Ukraine, calculated by the State Statistics Service, in the first quarter of 2018 was 110.1% compared with 104.3% and 105% in the fourth and third quarters of 2017 respectively, indicating its transition to the stage of recovery. According to the service, three out of the five indicators of business confidence…
The public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia intends to increase prices of passenger transportation by rail by 10% from April 1. The company plans to increase the prices two more times this year. According to a report of the Magistral media center of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia posted on its website, the management of the company calls this decision…
Tajikistan may resume supplies of electricity to Uzbekistan from. The total export of Tajik electricity to the neighboring country will amount to at least 1.5 billion kilowatt hours per year. To date, Dushanbe and Tashkent are discussing the terms of supply of Tajik electricity to the Uzbek market, including prices. The final decision on this…
The National Economy Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published data on the country’s total crop and adjusted plantings for the 2017 harvest. In addition, the release includes somewhat surprising figures for grain yields. The Statistics Committee of the Ministry expanded the barley acreage in Kazakhstan to a much greater degree than expected, while…