Ukraine: $40-million e-sports arena to be built in Kyiv

Investments in the construction of a multifunctional e-sports arena with a capacity of 10,000 people in Kyiv will amount to $40 million, the co-founder of the Ukrainian multi-gaming e-sports organization Natus Vincere (NAVI), the founder of the DreamTeam gaming platform, Oleksandr Kokhanovsky, has said. “We plan to build a multifunctional e-sports arena for $40 million,…

Kazakhstan: exports to India up in January-July 2020

The 7th meeting of Kazakhstan-Indian joint working group for trade and economic cooperation took place on September 10 via a videoconferencing, the Trade and Industry Ministry’s press service reported. The meeting was co-chaired by Trade and Industry Deputy Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Torebayev and Deputy Trade and Industry Minister of India Bidyut Behari Swain. Extraordinary…

Ukraine: trade and economic cooperation discussed with Spain

Ukraine and Spain have discussed expanding cooperation in investment, energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, transport infrastructure and tourism, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine has reported. These issues were discussed during a meeting between Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture and Ukraine’s Trade Representative Taras…

Latvia: minimal social contributions to be paid by all citizens

Compulsory minimal state social insurance contributions should be paid by all Latvian citizens, because everyone should be socially protected independently regardless of their sector of employment, said Culture Minister Nauris Puntulis. When asked about a comment on culture industry’s workers’ arguments that minimal social contributions would not guarantee financially secured retirement anyway, the minister said…