Ukraine: unemployment up in May 2020

State Employment Service said the number of unemployed in Ukraine grew by 64% YoY as of May 20, to 501,000 people. At the same time, the number of vacancies is 51,000. This is almost 55% fewer than last year, the report said. The average wage for existing vacancies is UAH 7,000 ($262). Today there is…

Georgia: banks’ net profit up in April 2020

Net profit of 15 commercial banks of Georgia amounted to 80.29 million lari ($25.1 million) in April, up by 16.10 million lari ($5.04 million) YoY, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported. Revenues received by commercial banks from fines / penalties amounted to 308,000 lari ($96,515); the net profit / loss from conversion operations, i.e.…