The Director-General of International Affairs of Ministry of Cooperative, Labor and Social Welfare said that Iran and Tajikistan would expand relations in the fields of work, employment and technical and vocational education. Although Iran and Tajikistan do not share a common border, Tajiks and Iranians share a century-old common civilization, history, culture and language, Ali…
On February 15, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Qatar Andrii Kuzmenko held a meeting with Minister of Transport and Communications of the State of Qatar H.E. Jassim Al Sulaiti. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Embassy in the State of Qatar. During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of…
The Finance Ministry of Ukraine expects that the share of the state in state-owned banks will decrease to 25% until 2025. According to the updated Principles for Strategic Reform of the Public Banking Sector (Strategic Principles) developed by the Finance Ministry in cooperation with international partners, which was approved by the Government of Ukraine on…
Freights with added value represent the future for Latvian ports, as both ports and the state would benefit from them, says board chairman of Liepaja Special Economic Zone (SEZ)-based company Terrabalt, Liepaja Port Tenants Association representative Aris Ozolins. He said the decline of coal freights was enormous at Latvian ports. However, looking at it from…
Mayor of the Ferghana region Khairullo Bozorov has ordered his deputy and the city prosecutor to stop all construction work in the courtyards and cancel the decisions issued by the city administration. This was reported by the press service of the regional administration. All ditches dug for the foundation must be filled in, and the…
Unemployment rose 16,000 to 47,900, or by 6.8%, between 2019 and 2020, state agency Statistics Estonia reported, with short-term (less than half a year unemployed) joblessness making up the bulk of that figure. Labor force participation rate stood at 71.6%, while the employment rate was 66.7%. Katriin Polluaar, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said the majority…
Ukraine’s State Customs Service said the country in January exported 29,120 tons of poultry meat and offal, down by 22% YoY. At the same time, exports in monetary terms soared by almost 27%, to $45.87 million. Major buyers of Ukrainian poultry in the first month of 2021 were Saudi Arabia ($16.97 million, or 46.8% of…