Kyiv authorities seek to find around 23 billion UAH to modernize the overland transport network and infrastructure and similar programs by 2019. The information is outlined in the updated action plan for 2016-2018 to implement Kyiv development strategy by 2025. The plan was approved by lawmakers of Kyiv City Council on November 15. Some 78.5…
Azovmash Group and Kryukovsky Railway Car Building Works (KRCBW) are in talks with PJSC State Food Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU) about the possibility of building grain railcars for the corporation. According to a top manager of the company, 300-500 railcars are in question for now. Overall, the company is considering a project for building…
Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev noted the importance of the United States’ representation at a high level at the 3rd consultative council of ministers on the Southern Gas Corridor project in order to give political support to the project, the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry said. Aliyev made the remarks during his meeting with William Silkworth, office…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Kyrgyzstan have signed the financing agreement amounting to $95.1 million to rehabilitate a section of the North-South Alternate Road Corridor in Kyrgyzstan, said the message on ADB’s website. The agreement was signed on December 1 by Kyrgyz Minister of Finance and Governor to ADB Adylbek Kasymaliev…
Baku may turn into an international hub for postal shipments from Asia to Europe, Director General of the Universal Postal Union Bishar Hussein reported. Postal technologies are used for online shopping, he said. Goods and services from the Far East, China, Indonesia, and all the other countries with tiger economies can now be delivered to…
Azerbaijan Railways CJSC and Switzerland’s Stadler Rail AG will expand bilateral cooperation, said a message from Azerbaijan Railways. This was decided during a meeting of Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov and Stadler President Peter Spuhler. The message doesn’t specify the directions in which the two sides are planning to expand their cooperation. “During…
Belavia Belarusian Airlines will retire its Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft on December 28. The Minsk-based carrier’s fleet includes three of the type – one Tu-154 is already out of service and two operate charter flights between cities in Belarus and Western Siberia in Russia for oil and gas industry. The carrier’s fleet also comprises two Embraer…