December 5, 2023
Hungary has asked the European Union’s executive to open a legal procedure against Bulgaria over a tax it recently imposed on Russian natural gas passing through its territory, a government minister said on Friday. Bulgaria believes the tax, which it levied in October, will reduce the privileged position of Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom in
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Crossroads Asia | Economy | Central Asia A large Uzbek delegation visited Kabul over the weekend, with trade and transit issues under discussion. Advertisement The Taliban asked Uzbekistan to lower transit fees for cargo moving through the Central Asian country while praising the bilateral relationship and airing anticipation of increasing Afghan exports. The topic arose during the visit of
READ MOREMexico’s president said Tuesday that he rejected a U.S. request to set up migrant transit centers in Mexico. Neighboring Guatemala has set up one such center, where migrants can apply for U.S. work and refugee visas. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has so far rejected a U.S. request to set up sites in Mexico,
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Advertisement In recent years, Indonesia’s public transit infrastructure has received a significant makeover. The long-awaited high-speed rail (HSR) connecting Jakarta with Bandung is undergoing public test runs now and will start commercial operation at the beginning of October. Last month, the Greater Jakarta light rail system (LRT) went into service. The first leg of the
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CNN — Taiwan will never back down in the face of growing threats from China, the island’s vice president and presidential hopeful said Sunday during a transit through the United States, defying Beijing’s condemnation of his trip. William Lai, a front-runner in Taiwan’s presidential race in January, made a stop in New York en route
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The House Ways and Means Committee approved an alternative bill last Wednesday that would criminalize cash smuggling and toughen the country’s measures against the transit of large amounts of money to and from the Philippines. Following the approval of the proposed Foreign Exchange Smuggling Control Act, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jose Ma. Clemente
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CNN — Taiwan confirmed on Tuesday that President Tsai Ing-wen would transit through the United States en route to Central America at the end of the month, but it was not said if a long-awaited meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would take place. Tsai will travel to New York on March 29 and
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Building public transportation infrastructure in the United States is significantly more expensive than in other countries. Why? Eric Goldwyn, Alon Levy, Elif Ensari and Marco Chitti dig through case studies to get some answers. Transit Costs Project: Understanding Transportation Infrastructure Costs in American Cities (New York University, Marron Institute for Urban Management, February 2023). The
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has said it is reviewing transit fee rules from 2023 for greater transparency. ERC Chair Monalisa S. Dimalanta stated that the agency adopted Resolution no. 14 Series 2022, which revises the rules governing automatic cost adjustment and reconciliation mechanisms, as well as related confirmation processes for distribution utilities (DUs). In
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