The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan entered the foreign exchange market for the first time in November with intervention. It sold $55.4 million with settlements different from the date of the transaction. This is one of the largest interventions in the past six months. Since the beginning of 2021, the National Bank has intervened 10 times,…
The Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines will launch flights to Tel Aviv from Kyiv in November and from Odesa in December. “From November 25, SkyUp Airlines opens Kyiv – Tel Aviv – Kyiv flights. Departures from Kyiv are scheduled on Thursdays and Sundays, but the flight program will be gradually expanded,” the company said. Odesa –…
In October, the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) provided air navigation services to 25,090 flights of Ukrainian and foreign airlines performed in the Ukrainian airspace, or 83.8% of the pre-crisis October 2019 level. According to UkSATSE, Ukrainian airlines performed 8,569 flights in October (-12.6%) and foreign airlines – 16,521 flights (-18%). Air traffic…
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has announced that pensioners who are vaccinated against COVID-19 before January 1, 2022, will receive 200 GEL (about $63.29 or EUR 54.71) of pension bonuses. Garibashvili said that in order to encourage vaccination among the elderly, pensioners would receive 200-GEL bonuses after their first vaccine doses. The PM further revealed that…
Compared to October 2020, the average level of consumer prices increased by 6%. The greatest pressure on the average price level changes in October 2021 compared to October 2020 was put by the rise in prices of goods and services related to transport, goods and services related to housing, prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages,…
In January-September, Uzbekistan imported 331.6 thousand tons of potatoes from 13 countries for $38.8 million, the republic’s state statistics committee reported. Potato imports increased by 83.7 thousand tons compared to the same period last year. During the reporting period, Uzbekistan imported potatoes mainly from Iran (121.7 thousand tons), Kazakhstan (95.4 thousand tons), Pakistan (81 thousand…
Estonia’s poverty rate did not change in 2020, as the number of people who lived in absolute poverty or at risk of poverty declined by 0.1%, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The rate rose among single parents but fell among larger families. The data showed 2.2% of Estonia’s population lived in absolute poverty and 20.6%…