Money transfers within Ukraine through money transfer systems rose by 40% YoY in the first half of 2021, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. “Domestic money transfers through money transfer systems increased by 40%. Thus, in the first half of 2021, 388.58 million money transfers for a total sum of…
In April-June, GDP at current prices was EUR 8.1 billion. As compared to the previous quarter, GDP went up by 4.4% (according to seasonally and calendar adjusted data at constant prices). Compared to the same period of the previous year, a drop in agriculture was estimated at 3.1%, but in forestry and fishing there was…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has announced that the government has decided not to take the second tranche of a EU loan as “we are trying to reduce foreign debt”. “We took a part of the loan in 2020. The second part of the EUR 75-million euro loan was not a grant and assistance, but…
From 2022, it will be possible to pay only one instead of several types of taxes, the President Sadyr Japarov has said during celebration of the 30th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan’s independence. According to him, to date, all borders with neighboring states are closed, trade operations are almost suspended. Naturally, tax and customs revenues are reduced…
Uzbekistan Express, Uzbekistan Airways’ new lower-cost subsidiary, has performed its first flight on the hybrid model of transportation. On the eve of the celebration of the anniversary of independence, the flight delivered passengers from Tashkent to Moscow. “Uzbekistan Airways Express, together with the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, presented…
Estonia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 12.9% YoY in the second quarter – a new record, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The GDP at current prices was EUR 7.4 billion. Robert Muursepp, lead analyst at Statistics Estonia, said when considering the fast economic growth, it should be noted that it was mainly connected with…
Total electricity exports on August 25-29 amounted to 68.1 million kWh, while last week’s imports – to 4.4 million kWh. The average daily exports from the “Burshtyn TPP Island” against August 16-24 increased by 16.8%, to 8.9 million kWh, and from the Integrated Power System (IPS) of Ukraine – by 7.5%, to 4.7 million kWh.…