Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said the healthcare spending in 2021 will grow unprecedentedly, up to 4.2% of GDP. “Healthcare is our key priority given the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing healthcare reform. Expenditures on healthcare will grow unprecedentedly, up to 4.2% of GDP, which is more than UAH 190 billion ($6.8 billion) in the…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a $30-million Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) in Kazakhstan to support gender inclusive green finance for households and small private sector companies investing in green technology solutions. A microfinance organization, KMF, signed up as the first local partner financial institution with a credit line of…
Damage caused to the state by corruption amounted to 13.6 billion soms in 2018-2019 and eight months of 2020, The President of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, announced at a meeting of the Security Council. According to him, 5,827 billion soms have been returned to the state. “This, of course, is not enough, another half out of…
As part of Ida-Viru County’s plans for transition to a sustainable economy, Estonia’s state-owned energy group Eesti Energia is seeking to build a methanol production complex in the county with an estimated cost of EUR 280 million. In an overview of Eesti Energia’s development projects sent to Minister of Public Administration Jaak Aab (Center), Minister…
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov and China’s Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong have discussed the further development of Ukrainian-Chinese cooperation in the political, economic and security spheres, noting that the trade between the two countries in 2019 amounted to $12.8 billion, the NSDC’s press service has reported. The parties…