When compared to 2019, total electricity consumption in March declined 5%. This shows the state of emergency in Latvia negatively affects electricity consumption, AS Sadales tikls board chairman Sandis Jansons has declared. He says during the state of emergency Sadales tikls’ duty before the state and society is ensuring uninterrupted supply of electricity without delays…
Kyrgyzstan continues export of potatoes to Uzbekistan, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation of the Kyrgyz Republic Erkinbek Choduev has announced. He denied information about bulk purchase of potatoes by importers from neighboring countries. “Our import and export of certain types of goods has not stopped. There are no bulk purchases in…
TBC Bank has received a license from the Central Bank of Uzbekistan to launch operations in the country starting from June. The strategy of the bank is to develop a modern banking ecosystem for retail business as well as micro, small and medium size businesses. At the first stage, TBC will offer opening and saving…
The number of passengers serviced by Ukrainian transport companies in January-March decreased by 16.3% YoY, to 19.6 billion passenger-kilometers, according to the data provided by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “In January-March, the passenger turnover of transport enterprises amounted to 19.6 billion passenger kilometers, or 83.7% of the volume of January-March 2019,” reads the…
Exports of agricultural machinery from Ukraine shrank by 9.4%YoY in 2019, to $37.6 million, the head of the department of investment and logistics of the Institute of Agrarian Economics, Oleksandr Zakharchuk, said. “Traditionally, Ukraine’s export capabilities on basic agricultural machinery are much lower than imports. However, in 2019, foreign deliveries declined sharply – by 9.4%…
A system should be adopted for air travel that would provide customers vouchers instead of money for cancelled flights, said Latvian Transport Minister Talis Linkaits during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. On April 21, the government supported Economy Ministry’s position in talks with European Union (EU) representatives that during the crisis caused by…
Azerbaijan was the main electricity provider to the neighboring Georgia in the period of January-March. Thus, Azerbaijan supplied 402.8 million kWh to Georgia of the total 744.2 million kWh imported in the first quarter, Electricity System Commercial Operator (ESCO) of Georgia reported. Azerbaijan’s electricity exports decreased by 12.2% YoY. Russia was the second electricity supplier…