Ukraine struggles to export grain after ports seized; looks up to Romania Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest makers of sunflower oil, wheat, rapeseed, and maize. Nonetheless, Ukrainian vessels shipping grain can’t head out. With their ports hindered by the contention, exporters are currently focusing on Constanta in Romania as another option. Trains, trucks, … Read more
KYIV: Ukraine, one of the world’s top wheat producers, has set export restrictions on the crop and other agricultural products amid Russia’s military invasion, the Interfax Ukraine news agency reported. According to a government decree published on Sunday evening, a license issued by the authorities is now required in order to export wheat, poultry meat, … Read more
The sea of Bulgarian buses parked outside a market in Turkey’s historic city of Edirne betrays the scale of the currency crisis impeding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s path to a third decade of rule. The mosque-filled city on Turkey’s western edge was an early capital of the Ottoman Empire when it was expanding across the … Read more
