BBC’s War and Peace, HBO’s Chernobyl, Netflix’s Stranger Things and now Camelot Films’ Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher. More and more international producers are choosing Lithuania as their shooting location, benefiting as well as challenging the small Baltic nation’s film industry. The UK-based Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher chose to relocate to Lithuania…
Discount carrier Qatar Airways is launching direct flights on the route Doha – Odesa. The airline will fly from Odesa International Airport to Hamad International Airport in Qatar’s capital Doha three times a week starting from December 9. That’s according to the Odesa International Airport press service. Odesa is the first regional airport in Ukraine…
Amid the lack of anthracite coal, Slovianska TPP, owned by Donbasenergo, stopped power generation on October 23. According to NEC Ukrenergo, as of 10:30 Kyiv time, both power units at the TPP, which had been operating in maneuvering mode since 2015, had been put to a halt. As of the evening of October 22, anthracite…
Kyrgyzstan plans to receive $80 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the budget. The relevant decree on approval of the conclusion on the loan agreement between Kyrgyzstan and the ADB was signed by Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov. According to the conclusion of the Cabinet, the loan…
Growing need for capacity, the presence of NATO allies and increasingly more complex weapons systems are putting pressure on Estonia’s defense sector and the three or four private companies, which conduct maintenance work. The state is investing EUR 200 million over the next decade to improve the situation. The Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) uses the…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased $350.1 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week. Following the foreign exchange interventions, the National Bank bought $350.1 million on the interbank foreign exchange market between October 18 and October 23. Since the start of 2021, the National Bank has sold $197 million and purchased $2,374.4…
As of October 21, 457 thousand tons of sugar beets were harvested in Poltava region. The Department of Agricultural Development of the Regional State Administration reported that sugar beets were harvested from the area of 11.4 thousand hectares – 44% of the planned. 457 thousand tons were harvested with the average yield of 401 hundredweights/ha.…