Average monthly gross wages rose by 7.8% YoY in the third quarter of 2021, state agency Statistics Estonia reported, to EUR 1,553. Statistics Estonia analyst Argo Tarkiainen said that the growth had returned to pre-pandemic levels. He said: “Whereas last year the growth in wages and salaries was slower, this year it is once again…
Inflation in Kyrgyzstan will reach 9.8% at the end of 2021. The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) made such a forecast. Pro-inflationary factors that appeared in mid-autumn would exert additional upward pressure on domestic prices in the Kyrgyz Republic in the remainder of 2021 and at the beginning of 2022. Higher-than-expected global growth of prices for…
In January-September, the trade turnover of agricultural goods between Ukraine and the European Union grew by 20% YoY, to $8.4 billion, declared the senior research associate of agricultural production economy and international integration department of the National scientific center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, Bogdan Dukhnitskiy. In the reporting period, the Ukraine’s surplus increased to $2.4…
Some 1,135 loan agreements have been already signed for a total sum of UAH 987.06 million under the government program “Affordable Mortgage at 7%”, the Finance Ministry’s press service reports. “As of November 25, the authorized banks signed 1,135 loan agreements worth UAH 987.06 million under the government program “Affordable Mortgage at 7%”, both on…
Average labor income in Lithuania grew by 161 euros, or by 11.4% YoY in the third quarter, to 1,572 euros before tax, according to figures presented on November 25 by Lithuania’s Social Insurance Fund Board, Sodra. Meanwhile, labor income after tax increased by 95 euros, or by 10.5 %, to 998 euros. In August, average…
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandre Khvtisiashvili, who is on an official visit to Qatar, has spoken of “bilateral cooperation in various fields and mutual support” with Dr. Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar. During the meeting the parties have pledged to deepen trade and economic ties between Georgia…
The total worth of the businesses included on the Top 101 list reached EUR 22.5 billion in 2021. Compared to last year’s list, the total value has increased 37%. According to Nasdaq Riga, to be put on the Top 101 list a company’s value needs to be EUR 72.88 million when compared to EUR 49.39…