The Ministry of Transport has again postponed the transition to the single payment system (SPS) with the help of plastic cards in the capital's buses and subway due to technical reasons.
As the deputy transport minister Musa Panahov said, implementation of SPS will be introduced in stages after the European Games to be held June 12-27.
The use of SPS is planned on the buses of Baku Bus at the Baku Executive Power. How other buses will work is not clear yet.
The subject of SPS has been discussed over years and, according to the research by Turan IA, the Baku Subway, the Ministry of Transport and the Executive Power of the capital are not interested in this. The study revealed the opacity of many millions of income both from the subway and the buses. For example, transportation per capita at the Baku subway is 3-5 times lower than in Tbilisi, Moscow, Kiev, Paris or Berlin. A three-day bus driver's revenue covers the cost of his monthly salary. At the same time public transport enjoys generous government subsidies. -0--
Economics
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Turkey is in talks with the United States seeking an exemption from sanctions imposed on Russia’s Gazprombank, a key financial institution for energy transactions, to maintain gas payments to Russia, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Tuesday.
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Kazakhstan is charting an ambitious course to transform its oil export infrastructure, aiming to increase annual shipments via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline by more than thirteenfold—from the current 1.5 million tons to an estimated 20 million tons. The bold strategy, presented by Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev during a parliamentary session, underscores Kazakhstan’s intent to become a major player in the energy supply chain stretching from Central Asia to Europe.
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Two new vice presidents have been appointed at BP's Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey (AGT) region division, according to a press release from BP-Azerbaijan.
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Data on Azerbaijan's oil exports for January-October 2024 reveals a significant drop in both volume and value compared to the same period last year, highlighting the challenges facing the oil-dependent economy. The country exported 495,484.05 tons of oil products worth $309.02 million, a decrease of 40.3% in value and 40.7% in volume compared to 2023, when exports totaled 925,225.07 tons worth $572.21 million.
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