The first consignment of buses assembled in Turkey has arrived in Tajikistan. Tajikistan has purchased 40 Isuzu buses assembled in Turkey for Dushanbe and they have moved to Tajikistan through the territories of Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Tajikistan plans to purchase 24 more Anadolu Isuzu buses from Turkey in tsummer. Dushanbe authorities intend to remove…
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have reestablished regular connecting flights after a 25-year break, paving the way for improved relations, a spokeswoman at Tajikistan’s international airport said. “An Uzbekistan airways flight (from Tashkent) landed at Dushanbe international airport at 8:03 am (0303 GMT),” she said. According to her, “the plane and the passengers were very well met.”…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-March climbed by 13.1% YoY, to 1,634,200 tons, the Port Authority reported. Grain shipments fell by 16.3%, to 634,900 tons, construction materials increased by 14.7%, to 131,800 tons, forest cargo dropped by 32.7%, to 78,800 tons, oil products went up by 41.3%, to 92,100 tons, crude…
The direct work on implementation of the Dushanbe-Qurghon Teppa road rehabilitation project will start in June. “This 90-kilometer highway is one of the most heavily traveled roads in the country because it has not been rehabilitated for more than 30 years, with the exception of a partial recovery work carried out in the early 2000s,”…
The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities has developed a draft law on returning of all gas distributing networks to state ownership, Chairman of the National Commission Dmytro Vovk stated at a commission’s meeting on April 10. “The issue of ownership of gas distributing networks lies beyond the scope of the…
U.S. congressmen have voiced support for Latvia’s security and an interest for developing closer cooperation with the country’s ports, as reported by Latvian Foreign Affairs Ministry. On April 9, Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with a delegation of U.S. congressmen led by congressman Bull Shuster to discuss Trans-Atlantic relations, strategic cooperation between Latvia…
State-owned Estonian airline Nordica carried a total of 41,200 passengers in March in cooperation with strategic partner LOT Polish Airlines, an increase of 57% YoY. During the first three months of 2017, the airline carried over 107,100 passengers, a 67% YoY. Nordica operated 786 regular flights in March, 20% more than in March 2016, to…