On September 13, seven more vessels loaded with Ukraine-produced agricultural crops left Odesa Port, Chornomorsk Port and Pivdennyi Port via the “grain corridor”. The relevant statement was made by Turkiye’s National Defense Ministry on Twitter. “As part of grain shipments, this morning seven more vessels loaded with grain have departed from Ukrainian ports,” the report…
Passenger flow at Tbilisi International Airport recovered by 92% compared to the pre-pandemic 2019 figure in August, TAV Georgia, the company operating two major airports in the country, said on September 12. In further details, TAV Georgia said the airport serviced 363,830 passengers in August, up by 48% YoY. Figures for Batumi International Airport in…
The national air operators will be banned from making flights to Russia. The Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) on September 12 issued an Operational Directive to this end. According to an AAC press release, the decision was taken in order to ensure the aviation safety and security, taking into account a decision issued by the International…
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now in its seventh month, Lithuania has called to tighten exports of dual-use goods to Russia at the EU level. “As military resources used by Russia for the war become scarcer, this leaves room for resourcefulness, and certain goods and products, which were never used as military means before, might…
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport recorded its record-high passenger flow last month, with 111,556 travelers passing through it in August, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia reported. The figure marked a 27% increase compared to the same period of 2019, Tamar Archuadze added. Archuadze also said the number of flights at the airport…
Businessman Igor Udovickij, the top shareholder of Biriu Kroviniu Terminalas (Bulk Cargo Terminal, or BKT), a Klaipeda port company that used to handle Belarusian fertilisers, has applied for regulatory clearance to buy 30% of BKT’s shares from the sanction-hit Belarusian fertiliser producer Belaruskali. “Concentration is being implemented by Igor Udovickij by purchasing 30% of shares…
Russian nationals have crossed the Lithuanian border 130,000 times since the start of the Ukraine war in late February, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has said, arguing for measures to restrict Russians’ access to the EU. “Over 130,000 Russian citizens with a Russian passport and a Schengen visa have crossed the Lithuanian border since the start…