In May, the average nominal salary in Ukraine amounted to UAH 10,542, up by 3% YoY, according to the State Statistics Service. “The average nominal salary of a full-time employee of enterprises, institutions and organizations made up UAH 10,542 in May, up 2.2-fold from the minimum wage (UAH 4,723). The average nominal salary increased by…
JSC Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s state-owned postal operator, paid UAH 202.7 million in dividends for 2019, or 50% of the net profit of the joint-stock company for last year, according to Ukrposhta’s press service. The company stresses that this is the largest amount of contributions paid to the state budget since Ukrposhta’s establishment. “For the first time…
Passenger Transportation national company has informed of temporary cancellation of commercial Talgo trains in three directions. The suspended trains include Talgo train No. 19/20 heading from Nur-Sultan-Nurly zhol to Atyrau on July 1 and from Atyrau to Nur-Sultan on July 2; Talgo train No. 95/96 heading from Nur-Sultan-Nurly zhol to Uralsk on July 2 and…
At the beginning of June total tax debts in Latvia, including active, halted and extended debts, reached EUR 989.207 million, up by 3.6% MoM, according to data from the State Revenue Service (VID). The most rapid increase was observed for social insurance fee debts. Nevertheless, the growth rate has reduced in comparison with the previous…
The Board of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan kept the discount rate (key rate) at 5%, website of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The economy of Kyrgyzstan remains exposed to changes in the global and regional economies as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Despite some signs of economic recovery in individual countries after…
Most of Ukrainians say they do not support Ukraine’s borrowing money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to findings of a June poll conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). Pollees were asked to share their opinion whether it was expedient for Ukraine to cooperate with the IMF, KIIS said. Thus, 61% of…
In January-May, Kazakhstan increased the river transportation of cargoes by almost 8% YoY, informed the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan on June 29. “The volume of goods transported by rivers reached nearly 153 thousand tons, by up 7.8% compared to the same period of the last year”, the message…