The US Department of State has approved the sale of the country’s anti-tank Javelin missiles and command launch units to Georgia. Now it is up to the Congress to confirm the sale of 82 missiles and 46 command launch units to Georgia for $30 million. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has already notified Congress…
As of the end of July, Tajikistan harvested almost 700 thousand tons of grain crops, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. Farmers harvested grains throughout 230.8 thousand ha as of the reporting date. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Uzbekistan’s GDP expanded by 6.2% YoY in January-June. The growth of industry comprised 8.5%, investment – 5.9% and the service sector – 8%. The inflation rate was 10.9%. The results for the reporting period were unveiled during a videoconference chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on August 3. Industrial products worth $18.7 billion were manufactured with…
Fish production in aquaculture holdings equaled 2,071 tons in 2020 in Georgia, down by 16% YoY, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. Production of Salmonidae amounted to 1,155 tons (-13.8%), Cyprinidae – 838.4 tons (-17.2%), while production of sturgeons equaled 60.1 tons (-22.4%) and production of Siluridae – 17.5 tons (+22.4%). Rainbow trout had the…
Ukraine International Airlines performed 2,039 scheduled flights in January-June, down by 49% YoY and by 85% compared with H1 2019, the company’s press service reported. UIA performed 2,108 charter flights in the first half of 2021, compared to 266 in the same period of 2020 and 1,172 in the same period of 2019. During January-June,…
Ukraine has already received $40 million in revenue from the tourist flow from Arab countries, according to Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko. “Thanks to the presidential decree, citizens of six Arab countries were given the opportunity to come to Ukraine without a visa. In just six months, three times more people came…
Two more European airlines are to resume flights to Georgia in the summer season, the Civil Aviation Agency reports. Lithuanian airline Getjet and Estonian airline Smartlynx will operate several charter flights on the Vilnius – Batumi – Vilnius and Tallinn – Batumi – Tallinn directions. According to the application filed by Getjet with the Civil…