The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has passed bill No. 2398-d on defense procurement in the second reading and as a whole. The draft law was backed by 276 MPs with at least 226 votes required. The bill defines the general legal framework for planning and forming the volumes and specifics of procurement of goods, works…
In June, actual unemployment rate comprised 9.8%, up by 0.2% MoM. Unemployment rate registered by the State Employment Agency (SEA) accounted for 8.6%, and, compared to May, rose by 0.2%. Unemployment rate increase may be observed also when comparing the data to the June of the previous year – of 3.5% in actual unemployment rate…
Swedbank’s earnings in January-June were EUR 88 million. Compared to the first half of 2019, earnings dropped by EUR 9 million, which could mostly be attributed to increased credit losses. The bank announced that due to restrictions set to alleviate the spread of COVID-19, a drop in consumption and a decrease in pension fund management…
Within six months Kazakhstan has produced more than 400 tons of kumis (mare’s milk) and almost 1,000 tons of shubat (camel milk), the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture has reported. The major part of the traditional Kazakh drinks was produced in Almaty region. In the first half of the current year, Kazakhstan farmers…
Ukrainian citizens declared UAH 94.5 billion as income received in 2019, up by UAH 11 billion YoY, the press service of the State Tax Service reported. Some 505,000 declarations of income and property were submitted, according to the report. The largest amounts of revenues for the last year were declared in Kyiv City – UAH…