Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that the draft state budget for 2019 envisages the priorities and development programs that are already being implemented in the country, the government’s portal reports. “These are reconstruction of roads, assistance to farmers, and our initiatives in the healthcare sector, energy efficiency, etc. It’s a balanced budget that will…
As of October 1, assets of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Relief Fund was more than 94 million manats, over $213,577, 12,436 euros, and 5,000 Russian rubles, the press service of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a message. The Armed Forces Relief Fund was created by a presidential decree on August 17, 2002. The Fund is…
A lot of work has gone into the Tartu city council’s revision of the local bus lines, but the city’s residents think that the planned changes fail to take everyday life into account, and that they aren’t practical. The city council introduced the planned changes in a public discussion. The proposed revision of the city’s…
Lithuanian agriculture minister Giedrius Surplys has called on the European Commission to cover losses incurred by the country’s farmers from drought and swine fever. According to the minister, Lithuanian farmers are estimated to have incurred 0.5 billion euros in losses due to drought over the last summer. (BNN/Business World Magazine)
In January-August UAH 11.8 billion of military tax was transferred to the state budget, up by 24.4% YoY, the press service of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine reports. According to the SFS, the planned figures for the revenues from military tax for the reported period were fulfilled by 102.3%, and UAH 259.4 million was…
The military of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation (JFO) have received a brand-new armored personnel carrier (BTR) Butsefal (“Bucephalus”), developed by the Kharkiv-based Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau, a state-owned enterprise. “The newest BTR-4E Butsefal is an eight-wheel drive armored personnel carrier, developed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv-based Machine Building Design Bureau and manufactured at the…
Georgia’s economy grew by 4.8% YoY in the first eight months of 2018, announced the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in August was 2%, Geostat said. Last month the estimated real growth, compared to the same period of the previous year, was posted in the…