On November 15, Latvia’s parliament commenced the viewing of the 2022 state budget package. In ten hours MPs reviewed one-third of all submitted legislative drafts. So far the parliament has tackled five out of 14 legislative drafts and 46 out of 567 proposals. Most proposals were received specifically for the legislative draft On the Medium-Term…
It is planned to adopt a state program to support and develop women’s entrepreneurship in Kyrgyzstan, Kurak women’s association reports. Kurak has been lobbying for the adoption of the document for several years. Two years ago, the Ministry of Economy, with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, began to develop the…
The closure of Samarqand airport is prolonged until December 15 due to construction works of a new airfield complex and new air navigation equipment. All flights will remain to be redirected to other international airports such as Navoi, Bukhara and Karshi, from where a ground transfer will be provided for passengers to Samarkand. In addition,…
The Economic and Investment Plan of the Eastern Partnership initiative will create new jobs and opportunities for Ukrainian business, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said at a meeting with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi in Brussels. The key topic of the talks was the Economic and Investment Plan of the Eastern…
In July-September, the Ukrainian banking sector profitability exceeded the pre-crisis level of 2019 and amounted to UAH 21.3 billion, the Banking Sector Review published on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine said. “The banking sector in Q3 posted profits of UAH 21.3 billion, 1.5 times the level of Q3 2020. In the first…
The young people in Uzbekistan who don’t have jobs or study make up 24% of all the youth at the age of 16-24. Unemployment is especially high among girls – 4 times higher than among boys, the World Bank has stated in a report on youth unemployment in Uzbekistan. 18 million people in Uzbekistan fall…
Estonia’s unemployment rate fell to 5.7% in the third quarter of 2021, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The number of people without work dropped by 7,400 to 39,900. The labor force participation rate was 71.5%, the employment rate was 67.4% and the unemployment rate was 5.7% – the lowest this year. In the third quarter,…