Lithuania: Port of Klaipeda sues former CEO

Port of Klaipeda had filed a 1.9-million euro lawsuit against its Eugenijus Gentvilas, former CEO of Port of Klaipeda, who is now a parliamentarian and chairman of the Liberal Movement party. According to the port authorities, the port suffered damage under his leadership, failing to pay to the builders in time. Gentvilas said he doubted…

Uzbekistan: number of flights to Russia growing

The national air carrier Uzbekistan Airways will start regular flights on the Tashkent-Vladivostok-Tashkent route from September 15, the company announced. According to the information, the regular passenger flights between Tashkent and Vladivostok will be performed once a week. Uzbekistan Airways noted that only charter flights had been previously carried out in this direction. Flights will…

Kyrgyzstan: new trolleybuses delivered to Bishkek

New trolleybuses, purchased at the expense of EBRD’ funds within the public transport development project, arrived in Bishkek, the press service of the Bishkek City Administration reported. 37 new trolleybuses were delivered to the capital: 15 low-floor Belarusian vehicles and 22 medium-floor trolleybuses from Russia. The Vice Mayor of Bishkek Gennady Militsky said that 52…

Ukraine: first GE locomotives for Ukrzaliznytsia to be put into operation in autumn 2018

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that first locomotives manufactured and equipped for Ukraine under the agreement with U.S. multinational conglomerate General Electric will be put into operation this autumn. “This autumn we will start receiving new rolling stock under the agreement on joint production with General Electric. We have lost a lot of rolling…