The Deposit Guarantee Fund last week sold insolvent banks’ assets worth UAH 410 million, the fund’s press service reported. “Last week (May 18-22) the assets of eight banks, which were in the management of the Fund, were sold for a total sum of UAH 410.01 million,” reads the report. In particular, UAH 205.20 million was…
According to the information released by Statistics Estonia on May 26, in the first quarter of 2020, the total production of Estonian construction businesses in Estonia and abroad increased by 7% YoY. The construction volume increased in Estonia, but decreased in foreign countries. The production value of Estonian construction businesses amounted to EUR 631 million,…
Economic activity in Armenia shrank by 17.2% YoY in April, data from the National Statistical Service revealed. Economic activity has contracted as a result of a lockdown imposed in mid-March in a bid to curb the Covid-19 outbreak. Though the state of emergency has been extended, most restrictions have been removed. In the reporting period,…
Kazakhstan is planning to launch 12 broiler plants, says Agriculture Minister Saparkhan Omarov. At the May 26 session of the government, Minister Omarov revealed the plans to launch 12 boiler plants in Kazakhstan in the not so distant future. The plants are expected to have an output capacity of 174,000 tones. Thanks to the launch…
Services worth UAH 227 billion were sold in Ukraine in January-March, down by 1.7% YoY, according to the State Statistics Service. “In the first quarter of 2020, the volume of services provided by enterprises in the field of consumer services amounted to UAH 227 billion, or 98.3% of the volume provided in the relevant quarter…
State Employment Service said the number of unemployed in Ukraine grew by 64% YoY as of May 20, to 501,000 people. At the same time, the number of vacancies is 51,000. This is almost 55% fewer than last year, the report said. The average wage for existing vacancies is UAH 7,000 ($262). Today there is…
Net profit of 15 commercial banks of Georgia amounted to 80.29 million lari ($25.1 million) in April, up by 16.10 million lari ($5.04 million) YoY, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported. Revenues received by commercial banks from fines / penalties amounted to 308,000 lari ($96,515); the net profit / loss from conversion operations, i.e.…