Ukraine: real wages up in January-September 2019

Real wages of Ukrainians grew by 9.6% in January-September, Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Tymofiy Mylovanov wrote on his Facebook page. “Real wages (considering inflation) grew by 9.6% in the first nine months of 2019,” Mylovanov wrote. The minister also noted that real wages increased by 18% compared to the…

Estonia: business sector turnover up in Q3 2019

There was a 5% increase in goods and services sold in the third quarter, new figures from Statistics Estonia showed. This increase is equivalent to EUR 16.4 billion. Turnover increased in most economic areas. Trade, manufacturing, and information and communication activities contributed the most to the turnover of the business sector. The growth in the…

Ukraine: Antonov to repair aircraft for Peru

The state concern Ukroboronprom and the Ministry of the Interior of Peru have signed an additional agreement on cooperation in the field of repair and modernization of equipment, which will be implemented at the state enterprise Antonov, Ruslan Korzh, Deputy Director General for Aeronautics and Rocket Engineering at Ukroboronprom stated at the round-table meeting “The…

Ukraine: government sacks Energoatom head

The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to dismiss Chairman of the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom Yuriy Nedashkovsky on the initiative of Energy and Environmental Protection Minister Oleksiy Orzhel, Prime Minister Oleksandr Honcharuk said at a briefing following a government meeting on November 27. “A respective government decision has been made. It was the…