Slovakia’s housing market is showing renewed strength after two years of decline, though the recovery remains uneven. Property prices stopped falling roughly a year ago, but substantial increases are so far concentrated in economically stronger regions, including Bratislava, Kosice and Trnava. Elsewhere, values are returning to previous peaks more slowly. In the first quarter of…
A Czech court on May 6 temporarily blocked the government in Prague from signing a multibillion-dollar agreement with South Korea for the construction of two nuclear reactors, according to multiple reports, making it highly unlikely that an official contract would be concluded this week. A South Korean consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power…
During January-April, 3393 individual entrepreneurs expressed a desire to open their own business and officially registered a business in Kharkiv. According to the Main Department of the State Tax Service in the Kharkiv region, 61 individual entrepreneurs chose Kharkiv as a new location for their activities and changed their tax address. As of May 1,…
Last week, under the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme, entrepreneurs secured 786 subsidised loans totalling UAH 2.4 billion from authorised banks, including 535 loans worth UAH 1.2 billion from state-owned banks. Since the start of 2025, entrepreneurs have received 9,367 loans under the at 5-7-9 programme, amounting to UAH 30.1 billion, with 6,018 loans worth…
Bulgarian businesses are actively recruiting students to fill seasonal positions for the upcoming summer, offering earnings ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 leva. According to a report by “Telegraph”, restaurants, hotels and retail stores are the main employers seeking young workers, particularly in the country’s coastal resorts. Although the highest concentration of job opportunities is along…
A recent study conducted by the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) reveals that 60% of publicly listed companies in Bulgaria have women in their governing bodies. However, only 3% are entirely led by women, and 14% have female CEOs. The survey, which covered over 300 companies traded on the exchange, highlighted a gradual but consistent increase…
According to the results of 2024, more than 17 thousand people in Ukraine declared incomes of more than 1 million hryvnia, 6.6 thousand people more than in the previous period. This was reported by the Chairman of the State Tax Service of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko. According to him, in total, millionaires declared income in the…