Ukraine’s debt repayments in May-December are estimated at $6.3 billion, including $3.5 billion in foreign debt and $2.8 billion in government bonds denominated in foreign currency. “One of the strongest challenges will be the repayment of state debt in foreign currency,” Chairman of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine Bohdan Danylyshyn wrote on…
About 20.1% of Georgia’s population is under the absolute poverty line, shows the latest data of 2018 poverty indicators published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Georgia’s population has slightly decreased, reaching 3,723,500 people as of January 1, says another data from Geostat. Most people under absolute poverty line live in the country’s…
In January-March at least 74,900 unemployed people were officially registered in Kyrgyzstan, the National Statistical Committee reports. About 99,500 people are registered with the State Employment Service as searching for a job. Compared with 2018, the figure increased by 19.2%, while the number of unemployed increased by 28.3%. Most of the unemployed live in Jalal-Abad…
A collective agreement on clearing, settlements in securities and derivative financial instruments has been signed between the National Depository Center of Azerbaijan (NDC) and AzerTurkBank OJSC, PASHA Bank OJSC, Xalq Bank OJSC and Yapi Kredi Bank Azerbaijan CJSC. The agreement provides for the use of a new settlement model – a settlement agent for clearing…
The People’s Republic of China is ready to revise the phytosanitary requirements for Ukrainian barley and abolish the inspection of pest-free places, introduced earlier because of dwarf bunt quarantine in Ukraine. This move will facilitate exports of Ukrainian barley to China, the press service of the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) said on Facebook following a…
Ukraine must pay off foreign and domestic debts in the amount of over $5 billion, that’s why the cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is extremely important, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii stated at the meeting of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with IMF Mmission Chief for Ukraine Ron…
The value of compensation payments for problem loans of individuals of Bank VTB (Azerbaijan) as of May 25 has reached about 17 million manats, Yevgeniy Kirin, Chairman of the Management Board of Bank VTB (Azerbaijan), said at a press conference on the results of the first quarter of 2019. He said that over 7,000 clients…