Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs) produced 210.36 million kWh of electricity on July 25, the press-service of Ukraine’s State Enterprise “National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom” reports. On July 26, 11 out of 15 power units were functioning at the Ukrainian power plants. It was the 161st day of the average planned repair at power…
The pace of sunseed crushing slowed down to some extent in June against the previous month. Consequently, sunoil production by large and medium-sized crushers amounted to 451.4 KMT in June 2016-2017 against 491.2 KMT a month earlier. Monthly output still remains at a record level. In total, Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced as much…
Latvian Association of Regions proposes establishing micro-enterprise tax rate at 12% instead of 15%, as well as state that calendar year turnover for micro-enterprises is not to be reduced to EUR 40,000, as it is proposed by the government, but to be kept at the current restriction – under EUR 100,000. Of the 28 proposals…
The National Association for Tobacco Product Manufacturers (TIRNA) is confused about Finance Ministry’s submitted proposals for tax reform that provide for raising excise tax on cigarettes by 11% instead of previously planned 5.5%. TIRNA believes the submitted proposals are rushed, economically unjustified and will not secure the economy any major tax income. “Exactly the opposite…
According to Q1 results, the amount of services in the real estate segment has reached KZT 188.48 billion, up by 14.6% YoY. Real estate services are most popular in Almaty City (38.8% of all Kazakhstan, KZT 73.16 billion, +24.3%) and the capital Astana (21%, KZT 39.59 billion, +24.9%). The greatest increase in demand for services…
S&P Global Ratings affirmed its “B-/B” long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on Turon Bank, the rating agency said in a message. The outlook remains stable. The affirmation follows Turon Bank’s removal in June by the Uzbek government from a list of entities to be privatized. As such, S&P thinks that strategic uncertainty related to…
First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) has become the first bank in Ukraine to issue an e-license. As of today, FUIB has issued 5 out of 11 e-licenses in Ukraine and is the leader in providing this service in Ukraine. On July 3, the National Bank started issuing personal licenses to individuals in electronic form through…