Ukrainian banks issued 9,700 mortgage loans worth UAH 7.9 billion in January-November 2021, according to another survey of banks on the volume of mortgage loans granted to the population. “In total, in the first 11 months of 2021, banks issued 9,700 mortgage loans totaling UAH 7.9 billion. Compared to the same period of the previous…
LTG Link, the passenger transportation arm of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), is planning to sign in the third quarter of 2022 a contract worth over 200 million euros to purchase new electric trains. The state-owned railway group said train manufacturers had submitted their first offers in the public procurement procedure, but it did not…
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $14.31 billion in 2021, up by 25.6% YoY, express data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. The value of exports grew by 26.9% and equaled $4.24 billion, while imports increased by 25.1%, reaching $10 billion. The trade deficit totaled $5.83 billion, and its share in trade…
Latvian Minister of Economy Janis Vitenbergs intends to once again ask coalition partners to approve reduced value added tax (VAT) rate for electricity, natural gas, heating energy and fuel lumber, as confirmed by the minister’s public relations advisor Ineta Vilistere-Lace. She said the proposal, which could be reviewed at a meeting of the coalition council…
Coop’s e-store customers have noted that the retail chain has imposed a minimum order limit on shopping baskets and has increased the price of home deliveries, even while delivery times have gotten longer. Competitors of the domestic retail chain will not follow Coop’s price increases. Coop’s e-store customers were met with a notification that stated…
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has welcomed the finance minister’s proposal to introduce a universal real estate tax from next year. “The proposal could provide for a possibility to introduce a normal European real estate tax in Lithuania. Its rate, its objects and so on and so forth. The law would outline a framework but…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes that Azerbaijani businesses will actively participate in the privatization of state property in Ukraine. Zelensky said this at a joint press conference with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Kyiv. “During our meeting, we separately discussed the prospects for Azerbaijani businesses participating in privatization in Ukraine. We…