In January-July, non-resident companies that provide electronic services to Ukrainian users paid 11.3 billion UAH of “Google tax” to the budget. This is 1.5 billion UAH more than for the same period last year. Foreign companies transferred 92.8 million euros and 149.4 million US dollars. Among the largest payers are global digital giants Google, Apple,…
Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan will travel to Kazakhstan to attend a regular meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union’s agro-industrial policy council. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed the decision authorizing the trip. The meeting will be held in Almaty from August 12 to 14. Within three days of returning from the trip, the economy minister…
Lithuania, Poland and other Baltic States are stepping up security around dams, power plants and natural gas infrastructure amid concerns that Russia could stage “false-flag” attacks intended to trigger confusion within NATO, Reuters reports. Lithuania has strengthened protection of critical infrastructure after its military intelligence reportedly obtained information that Russia was considering attacks in the…
During a meeting with the heads of foreign diplomatic institutions of Ukraine, the Minister of Economy and Environment of Ukraine Oleksandr Kravchenko spoke about priority areas where the role of economic diplomacy is particularly important. The event was held within the framework of the diplomatic week “Restoring Peace and Leadership of Ukraine”. “The Ukrainian diplomatic…