The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will help Ukrainian businesses enter alternative markets if Belarus takes unjustified restrictive measures, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (CDTO) Dmytro Senik has said this at a meeting of the Export and Investment Support Committee of the Kyiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry. During the discussion, Senik reminded that Minister for…
Estonia cannot continue with its current tax base and new taxes are needed, speaker of the Riigikogu and chairman of the Center Party Juri Ratas has said. He reemphasized the point later at a party council meeting. On June 18, Ratas was asked by presenters Timo Tarve and Ainar Ruuhar on Kuku raadio’s “Kahe vahel”…
Latvia’s Finance and Capital Market Commission (FKTK) has fined Rietumu Bank a total of EUR 5.85 million for violations of the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism and Proliferation Financing, as confirmed by FKTK. It is the biggest fine that has been applied to a bank by FKTK so far. In 2019,…
Construction work on Bishkek – Kara-Balta road has been 72% completed, the Ministry of Transport reports. Earthworks are underway in Sokuluk village to prepare the foundation of the road. The top layer of asphalt is being laid in Poltavka village, Zhaiyl district. As for Kirkomstrom site, work on laying a drainage pipe has been completed,…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved the Tax Administration Reform Project in Uzbekistan, which is designed to improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the State Tax Committee and deliver better services to local taxpayers. The project is to be supported by a $60-million concessional credit from the International Development Association, with…
Since the end of April, the exchange rate of the Ukrainian currency against the dollar has strengthened by almost one hryvnia, according to Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yuriy Heletiy. According to the NBU deputy governor, among the main factors that influenced the strengthening of the national currency was the reduction…