Tax collection in Latvia continued to improve in August, securing 8% more to the state budget when compared to the same month of 2019, according to the report from Fiscal Discipline Council (FDP). The council stresses that collection of compulsory state social insurance contributions has improved. “This means the previous outlook, about the lowest point…
Starting from September 2, passengers on Virtsu-Kuivastu ferry line between Muhu and mainland Estonia are serviced by TS Laevad, a subsidiary company of Port of Tallinn, ferry Toll which has been converted into the first hybrid passenger vessel in Estonia. Its batteries allow from now on for partial travel on electricity, which reduces the amount…
The value of trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Switzerland amounted to $902.2 million over the first five months of 2020, compared to $1.1 billion during the same period of 2019, the Statistics Committee reported. The share of Switzerland in the total value of Kazakhstan’s trade turnover stood at less than 2.6% during the reporting period…
Natural gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities (USFs) grew by 2.6%, to 26.07 billion cubic meters within a week, from August 30 to September 5. As of September 5, gas reserves in the country’s USFs increased by 39% from 18.8 billion cubic meters as of September 5, 2019, state-run LLC Gas Transmission System Operator…
JSB Ukrgasbank has already issued UAH 500 million of investment loans under the government program “Affordable Loans at 5-7-9%”, the largest indicator among the banks participating in the program, according to a report posted on the bank’s website. “Overall, Ukrgasbank has already financed “Affordable Loans at 5-7-9%” for a total sum of UAH 734 million,…
Qazaq Air is launching regular flights on Almaty – Kyzylorda route. The flights will be launched from September 9 and will be operated three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday). In June, Kazakhstan announced a decision to launch international flights to a number of countries following coronavirus-related restrictions of implementing flights. The flights have…
Compared to July 2019, manufacturing production output rose by 1.8% in July 2020. Production output increase was also in mining and quarrying (of 11.5%), but in electricity and gas supply there was a drop of 14.1%). Total industrial production output increased by 0.1%. Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, production output rise…