On December 21, Latvia’s Saeima approved urgent amendments to the Law on Unemployment Insurance in the final reading. These amendments will extend the term during which unemployment assistance benefits are paid to people who fail to find a job after the end of the unemployment benefit period. The aforementioned term is thereby extended until June…
Forty companies involved in food processing are the latest recipients of state aid prompted by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The companies will between them receive EUR 523,900 in aid, channeled via the Agricultural Registers and Information Board (PRIA), as a component of the already-budgeted rural development plan for 2014-2020. PRIA falls under the…
Uzbekistan decided to limit international air traffic with countries, where the number of new cases of COVID-19 has risen sharply, in order not to complicate the epidemiological situation in the country, to the Special Republican Commission reported. In recent days, the number of new cases of coronavirus infection has sharply increased, and the epidemiological situation…
In January-September, the volume of loans issued by financial companies in Ukraine increased by 15% YoY, to UAH 66 billion, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. At present 1,414 financial companies, pawnshops and leasing companies operate in Ukraine. During the nine months, only 396 financial companies provided loans, of which…
The volume of bilateral trade between Ukraine and Pakistan in January-September amounted to $237.5 million, up 2.3-fold YoY, Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ihor Petrashko said during a meeting with Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Ukraine Noel Israel Khokhar. “However, the potential of our cooperation is not…
Uzbekistan and Italy discussed the establishment of cooperation between the Legislation and Parliamentary Research Institute under the Oliy Majlis (parliament in Uzbekistan) and analytical divisions of the Italian Parliament, the information service of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan reported. The issue was discussed by Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis…
Tallinn city council has approved the city’s budget strategy for the period of 2021-2024 with a budget of EUR 861.5 million for 2021. The chairman of the council, Tiit Terik, said that the aim of the budget was to make sure that all residents of the city coped well regardless of their age and all…