Tatyana Gracheva

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said that the European Union provided a 2.8 million euro ($3.0 million) grant for the development of a joint border railway station between North Macedonia and Serbia.
Previously, they signed the grant agreement in Skopje on Wednesday. The Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) provided the funds and will finance construction and technical assistance.
According to the statement, the EBRD has already provided a 5 million loan for the project.
As it is planned, the borders will cross each other in North Macedonia’s Tabanovce on the Corridor X rail route. The aims of the project are to revamp the railway station’s existing buildings in line with energy efficient standards and to equip them with photovoltaic panels.
As North Macedonia’s transport minister Aleksandar Nikoloski hopes, with efforts from both sides, the one-stop-shop crossing will pave the way for restoring regular passenger rail service between Skopje and Belgrade.
According to the EBRD, North Macedonia’s railway sector alone got over 340 million euro of investments.
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Ukrainian Agri Council head Andrei Dikun said in an interview with local media that 20% of the Ukrainian agricultural sector’s total output will be a maximum that it will export to the European market after Ukraine becomes a European Union member. The rest will go to traditional markets for Ukrainian agricultural products.
However, Dikun denied that the prospect of subsidies from the common EU budget is the main reason why Ukrainian agricultural enterprises want to gain access to the European market. He also mentioned Ukrainian farmers’ concern about the EU’s tough requirements for agricultural technologies. However, the excessively complex rules of the European Green Deal also concern European farmers.
Consequently, Dikun expressed his hope for the change of the Agricultural Policy by new European Parliament. He also mentioned that Ukrainian farmers needed a transitional period to study these rules well enough, to get used to them before following them.
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Tin total, the ports and terminals of Georgia accepted 1 6831 ships in 2024. General cargo carriers made 38.5 percent of those ships, liquid bulk – 30.1 percent, container ships –22.5 percent, and dry bulk carriers, tugs and specialized ships – the rest of 8.9 percent. 34.0 percent more specialized carriers, 15.9 percent more – general cargo carriers, 6.7 percent more – liquid bulk, 14.1 percent less – container ships and 9.2 percent less – dry bulk were received by the ports and terminals of Georgia in 2024, compared to the previous year.
In 2024, 18.4 percent of the ships arriving at the ports and terminals of Georgia were Turkish, 16.1 percent –Panamanian, 8.7 percent –Liberian, 5.2 percent –Russian and the rest 42.0 of other countries.
Totally, 7.9 thousand passengers were served by Georgian seaports in 2024 (2.4 percent increase compared to the previous year). Notably, the share of passengers entered (51.0%) slightly exceeded the share of passengers departed.
In general, Georgia’s ports and terminals processed 5.8 percent more cargo than in 2024 (15 562.3 thousand tons), compared to the previous year. General cargo made 45.7 percent of freight carried, liquid bulk – 33.6 percent, and dry bulk – 20.7 percent.
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An agreement to widen an existing free trade agreement between Georgia and Turkey will soon enable Georgian producers to increase export volume to Turkey by 20 percent.
Delegations of both countries met each other to finalize talks about widening the free trade agreement at the final round of negotiations that was held in Turkish capital city of Ankara.
They abolished the quotas set on Georgian lemon, kiwifruit, grape, dry fruit, fruit and vegetable cans, juices and food ingredients, but increased the quotas on honey and livestock animals.
Georgia’s Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili headed Georgian delegation, while Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci led the Turkish delegation.
According to statistics, Turkey is Georgia’s top trade partner, as trade turnover between the two countries in 2017 attained $1.58 billion.
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