From March 17 onward Latvia will resume air traffic to and from third countries. Charter flights will be permitted as well, as Latvia’s government decided on March 9. At the same time, however, all unimportant travel from third countries to Latvia will remain banned. Latvia’s government viewed amendments for rules on epidemiological safety measures to…
The government is to make available a further EUR 8.5 million in crisis support for the tourist sector, pending the go-head from the European Commission. The main target groups in the support will be hotels and other accommodation businesses, travel agents, restaurants and other eateries in Tallinn’s Old Town, and manufacturers of handicrafts and other…
192,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were delivered to Tajikistan by Somon Air from Delhi. The rest of the vaccine will be phased to Tajikistan in the near future. The vaccine was added on February 15 to the list of immunobiological materials used in emergencies by the World Health Organization. It is currently used in 61…
Foreign ministers of Uzbekistan and Turkey have agreed to boost trade to $5 billion, as officials met in Tashkent on March 9. On the same day, they signed a memorandum of understanding to improve bilateral relations and cooperation. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that despite the pandemic, the trade hadn’t decreased, but soared to…
The local government agencies of Zakarpattia region and Hungary have concluded 141 agreements on cooperation, in particular on the supply of BCG vaccine, the reconstruction of palaces and cultural monuments and the construction of a waste sorting plant, Chairman of Zakarpattia Regional Council Oleksiy Petrov has said on Facebook. According to Petrov, cooperation between Hungary…
In February, the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) provided air navigation services to 8,758 flights, UkSATSE wrote on Facebook. Air traffic distribution by flight types in February was as follows: 1,416 domestic flights (down by 25% YoY), 4,076 international flights (-61.3%) and 3,266 transit flights (-56.8%). Ukrainian airlines performed 2,975 flights (-51.7%) and…
Azerbaijan and Tajikistan have discussed prospects of cooperation in tourism. The number of Tajik citizens visiting Azerbaijan increased by 50% and reached 3,500 in 2019. The Chairman of the State Tourism Agency Fuad Naghiyev stressed that the figures didn’t fully reflect the potential of tourism cooperation between the two countries. He emphasized the need to…