In January-October, local budgets of Zakarpattia region received more than UAH 5 million in tourist tax payments, down by 20% YoY. “In 10 months, local budgets of Zakarpattia region received UAH 5.1 million in tourist tax payments, down by 19.7%,” the Tourism and Resorts Department of Zakarpattia Regional State Administration reported on Facebook. (Ukrinform/Business World…
SkyUp Airlines is expanding its international program from regions. Thus, flights to Istanbul from Lviv and Odesa will open from December 18. “Flights will be operated on Mondays and Fridays. The plane arrives at the new Istanbul airport,” the airline’s press service reports. Ticket sales are already open. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)
On November 5, Latvian-Russian border will be opened for energy imports from Russia to Baltic States,the transmission system’s operator Augstsprieguma tikls (AST) reports. This decision was made, considering that on November 3, Astravyets NPP became operational in Belarus and Lithuania decided to close the Belarusian-Lithuanian border for imports of energy from third countries to Baltic…
Prime Minister Juri Ratas and representatives of startups discussed foreign workers, how they should be welcome in Estonia and labor legislation. Ratas (Center) said startups and the IT sector more broadly had enormous growth potential and a focus on offering high value-added products. “As almost a quarter of the staff in this sector are foreigners,…
The city of Almaty could avoid strong demand for medical masks and pharmaceuticals. New domestic producers of medical masks have sprung up following the high demand in the spring, bringing the total mask output in the city to 882 thousand. There are 15 major suppliers of medical masks in the city, which have 20 million…
The Finance Ministry expects that the appointment of Andrii Kravets as Chairman of the Board of Ukrgasbank will ensure the continuation of successful operations of the financial institution, the ministry’s press service reports. “The Finance Ministry welcomes the decision of the Supervisory Board of Ukrgasbank. We hope that the appointment of Andrii Kravets as Chairman…
As of October 1, the share of non-performing loans (NPLs) in state-owned banks (excluding PrivatBank) decreased from 47.6% to 43.5%, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) wrote on Facebook. According to the central bank, state-owned banks have begun to implement plans to clean the balance sheets from the legacy of previous…