Wizz Air considers the Ukrainian air passenger market strategically important and makes plans to expand its presence. “Wizz Air Chief Executive Officer Jozsef Varadi underscores that the Ukrainian air passenger market is strategically important to the company and Wizz Air is making plans to expand its presence,” the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure…
In 2019, Latvian Consumer Dispute Resolution Commission received a total of 176 applications, up by 58 applications YoY, as reported by Consumer Awareness and Communication Office head Santa Zarane. Over the course of 2019 the commission received the majority of applications (94) detailing complaints related to the compliance of the quality of goods with standards.…
Average salaries and wages rose in all sectors last year and the average wage was more than 7% higher than in 2018. In 2019, the average monthly gross wage was EUR 1,407, up by 7.4%. Salaries were the highest in Q2 and Q4 2019. The highest average monthly gross salaries are in the information and…
Air Astana continues to modernize its fleet with the delivery of the second Airbus A321LR under an operating lease agreement covering five aircraft with Air Lease Corporation of the United States. Along with the first Airbus A321LR delivered in September 2019, the newest aircraft will primarily operate on routes to London, Paris, Moscow and Istanbul.…
Electricity supplies to Ukraine from Russia and Belarus were suspended on February 29. In particular, a table on electricity supplies to Ukraine showed that electricity imports from Russia and Belarus were at zero as of 21:00 on February 29. However, the operator of the Ukrainian integrated power grids Ukrenergo reported that it had not restricted…
The average nominal wage of a full-time employee grew by 12.5% in Ukraine in January 2020 against December 2019, while rising by 16.3% YoY, to UAH 10,727, or $437. Real wages in Ukraine in January increased by 12.7% MoM and by 12.5% YoY, the State Statistics Service reported. The average nominal rate of a full-time…
In 2019, budget expenditures surged by 19.3% and made 13.5 trillion tenge. Budget spending comprised 11.3 trillion tenge, down by 9.1%. The biggest amount was spent on social assistance and social provision: 3.5 trillion tenge or 25.6% of the total sum of expenses. 2.3 trillion tenge and 1.3 trillion tenge were spent on education and…