Jamaica is looking for new markets for its tourism industry. Two places it is going wild over are China and Eastern Europe. According to Edmund Bartlett, the Minister of Tourism in Jamaica, the tourism industry is doing well, but it doesn’t hurt to continue exploring new, non-traditional options for expansion and growth. China and Eastern…
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Despite Poverty Moldovans Spend on the Dead
Sprawling over a hillside in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau (Kishinev) is one of Europe’s largest cemeteries. The Saint Lazarus graveyard was built in the 1960s, and is spread across 200 hectares/495 acres. Chisinau lies between Romania, an EU member, and Ukraine. The headstones and crosses are made of wood, metal or stone, and are…
Swedish Packaging Firm Iggesund Expanding to Eastern Europe
Already with a new freight terminal operating in Riga, Latvia since April, Sweden-based packaging company Iggesund will be opening a new sales office as of July in Moscow, Russia. The goal of the expansion is to intensify its sales to the Russian marketplace. Until now the company specialized in deliveries but hopes to also introduce…
