Ukraine: Naftogaz asking EC to set up mission to monitor gas transit due to pressure drops by Russia

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The National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrainy has turned to the European Commission asking it to consider setting up a transit monitoring mission to examine significant pressure drops in the Russian gas transmission system at the entry to Ukraine’s gas transportation system. “Naftogaz believes that the current situation requires comprehensive discussion involving representatives of the European…

Belarus: Belavia’s first aircraft in World of Tanks livery lands in Minsk National Airport

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The first Belavia aircraft bearing the World of Tanks livery has landed in the Minsk National Airport. Tanks represent the key component in the game. One tank is painted on the aircraft as an ornamental pattern. The aircraft itself is black with orange insets, a rare sight as well. Organizers of the event underlined that…

Azerbaijan: 14,000 pipes delivered for TAP construction

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The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) Consortium said that 14,000 pipes had already been delivered to Greece and Albania for the construction of the Trans Adriatic gas pipeline. This amount accounts for about 30% of all pipes that will be used for the pipeline’s construction. TAP project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas…

Ukraine: government approves of 1.21 billion UAH project for upgrading another section of Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline

UkraineBy admin 2016-07-29 Leave a comment

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved of the project on modernization and overhaul of the section 3,364.5-3,391.2 km of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline. The corresponding decision is outlined in the Cabinet resolution No. 523-r dated July 22. The total cost of repairs of the section 26.7 km long was approved at 1.21 billion UAH, in…

Turkey completing construction of its BTK railway section

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87% of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway has been constructed in Turkey, Ahmet Arslan, Turkish minister of transport, shipping and communications, said. “The BTK is being constructed on schedule”, the minister said, adding that two bridges were being built over the Kars river. The minister stressed that the BTK railway project was of particular importance for…

Azerbaijan: Qatar Airways flight from Tbilisi to Baku delayed for 8 hours

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The Qatar Airways plane operating the flight from Tbilisi to Baku has been delayed for almost eight hours due to technical reasons, the Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport said. The plane was due to take off from the Tbilisi International Airport at 13:40 (GMT+4 hours) and land at the Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport at…

Belarus calling for more active development of Eurasian transport corridors

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More effort should be made to develop the international transport corridors in Eurasia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Tajikistan Oleg Ivanov said in his speech at a conference on the role of transport and transit corridors in ensuring sustainable development, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. “Oleg Ivanov…