As of July 21, the Pension Fund has allocated UAH 51.6 billion for pension payments, including UAH 9.3 billion through JSC Ukrposhta and UAH 42.3 billion through authorised banks. Moreover, UAH 1,309.6 million was allocated for housing subsidies and benefits and UAH 2,199.1 million – for insurance payments, including UAH 1,025 million for sick leave…
The leadership of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and representatives of the International Monetary Fund held the final meeting of the IMF mission. The mission took place in Kyiv on July 16-19. The teams of the Ministry of Finance headed by Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko and the IMF Mission to Ukraine headed by…
According to a survey by the National Center for Parliamentary Studies (NCPI), a unit of the Bulgarian National Assembly, approximately 60% of Bulgarians oppose the adoption of the euro. This extensive study, covering a variety of topics, was conducted on May 1-16 among 1,000 Bulgarian citizens and was representative of the adult population. The findings…
In the first half of next year, the Polish presidency of the EU will have its own proposals for changes to the EU’s trade cooperation with Ukraine. Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski said this during a meeting with Polish farmers in Bialystok (north-east Poland) on July 18 at the office of the Voivode of Podlaskie…
In 2023, Bulgaria collected 217 million BGN from a windfall tax on firms in the oil, natural gas, coal and petroleum products sectors, according to Finance Minister Lyudmila Petkova. This tax was introduced to capture the extraordinary profits these firms made due to the surge in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The windfall…
Zaporizhzhia Automobile Building Plant (ZAZ) plans to produce more than 160 buses this year. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this in a post on Telegram after visiting the plant. “We visited Zaporizhzhia Automobile Building Plant that produced Ukrainian school and suburban buses of European quality. Despite Russian terror, the company plans to produce more…
The new-harvest buckwheat prices are expected to increase in Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by the Department for Agro-Industrial Development and Economic Policy at Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration. “In 2022, according to the data from the State Statistics Service, the price of buckwheat was UAH 23,805 per ton. In 2023, it was around UAH…