Latvia’s Competition Council has applied a fine of EUR 2.4 million to Riga’s public transport company Rigas satiksme for participating in a prohibited agreement in the so-called nano-water case, as reported by the council on April 24. The Competition Council uncovered a prohibited agreement in two of Rigas satiksme’s price surveys on procurement of nano-technological…
FlyArystan has demonstrated its Airbus A320 aircraft, which is ready to take passengers on board. The Kazakh low-cost airline will operate its first flight on the Almaty – Nur-Sultan route on May 1. “We are part of the Air Astana group of companies. The aircraft also belongs to Air Astana, but previously it had a…
The situation with Deglava Bridge in Riga is the result of past policy, said Latvia’s Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. This is the result of the municipality investing money in free tickets instead of infrastructure, said the prime minister. He also said that dismissal of conclusions made by the State Construction Control Bureau, as was done…
Latvian road construction company SIA Binders experiences a shortage of workers. Because of that, the company plans to attract guest workers from Ukraine and Belarys, says Bindars board chairman Aigars Seja. “The situation remains largely unchanged year after year. The number of potential workers keeps getting smaller. We search for people every season. Our human…
After Azerbaijan regained the state independence, the government began to pay special attention to managing emissions and protecting the environment, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mukhtar Babayev said at the 4th SOCAR International Caspian and Central Asia Downstream Forum on Trading, Logistics, Refining and Petrochemicals in Baku. According to…
State-owned Estonian airline Nordica carried more than 102,000 passengers on their Tallinn routes in the first quarter of the year, down by 16% YoY. The result is nevertheless “in line with the company’s plans”, Nordica wrote in a press release, and the smaller numbers were due to unprofitable routes they had closed in the meantime.…
Thanks to support of KazakhExport Export Insurance Company (Baiterek affiliate) Kazakhstani companies have reached a new level of cooperation, Chairman of the Board of Baiterek National Management Holding Aidar Arifkhanov said. KazakhExport encourages Kazakhstani companies to enter the international market of construction services. For example, the country’s companies take part in the railways construction tender…