Last year, the consumer price index decreased by 0.4% compared to the average of 2019, data from Statistics Estonia showed. Fuel prices declined the most, while fresh fruit prices rose. Viktoria Trasanov, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said motor fuel had the biggest impact on the annual change of the consumer price index, as diesel…
The Fisheries Committee has been created under the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources. The ministry noted that the creation of the committee would promote effective implementation of the recently adopted Fisheries Development Program until 2030 and would increase the volume of fish farming and export of fish products. Kazakhstan is planning to be…
Uzbekistan and Belgium noted the role of further building up and deepening inter-parliamentary ties in increasing bilateral cooperation on a wide range of issues of mutual interest, the press service of Legislative Chamber Oliy Majlis (parliament) of Uzbekistan reported. The first online meeting of the Interparliamentary Friendship Group of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy…
International reserves at the end of 2020 increased by 15% and reached $29.133 billion as of January 1, 2021, according to the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). This is a record amount of reserves over the last eight years (a larger amount was recorded in September 2012). The current amount of…
Ukrzaliznytsia carried 196,100 passengers on long-distance trains during the New Year holidays – between December 31, 2020 and January 3, 2021, the state rail operator’s press service reported. According to the report, 33,100 passengers were transported in Intercity+ high-speed trains during this period. “The greatest demand was for trains going in the western direction, in…
The Kazakh Head of State, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has held a meeting with Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov on the outcomes of the trade system development during the past year as well as on the measures for expanding foreign and domestic trade. Kazakhstan has kept its growth in non-mineral exports despite the negative trends…
Unemployment benefits in Estonia have risen for 2021, with the maximum level receivable over EUR 400 per month higher than last year’s figure. The minimum rate has also risen. Whereas the maximum amount permissible in unemployment insurance benefits was EUR 1,656.33 per month in 2020, the current ceiling is EUR 67.30 unemployment insurance benefit per…