In connection with the novel coronavirus outbreak in Estonia, online stores are seeing a significant increase in orders. Barbora, the online store owned by retailer Maxima Group, is also now offering contactless home delivery to its customers in order to combat the spread of the virus. If a customer has chosen contactless delivery at online…
On March 11, H.E. Mr. Berik Aryn, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia, met with H.E. Dr. Khaled bin Sulaiman Alkhudairy, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). During the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to the participation of the SFD in the implementation of significant development and infrastructure…
In January-February, gas imports into Ukraine totaled 1.438 million cubic meters, up by 57% YoY. “In February, 981 million cubic meters of natural gas was imported into Ukraine, up by 47%,” the press service of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine reports. As of March 11, gas was imported exclusively from the European Union…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) responded to high demand for foreign currency and sold about $350 million in the interbank foreign exchange market on March 11, the central bank’s press service reported on Facebook. “As before, we believe that the deterioration of sentiment in the financial markets is caused more by a psychological factor,…
During the development of the 2020 budget for Latvia, parties forming the coalition conceptually agreed on an increase of wages for teachers starting with September 1, as reported by Education and Science Ministry. To discuss Education and Science Ministry’s planned steps towards increasing teachers’ wages, minister Ilga Suplinska and ministry representatives plan to meet with…
The aim of the government’s economic policy to deal with coronavirus should be to prevent a wave of bankruptcies among companies and a rise in unemployment caused by temporary problems, the Bank of Estonia said in a report released on March 12. “The economic policy objective of mitigating the impact of the virus is to…
Last year North Kazakhstan region worked at 49 projects to be financed through public-private partnerships. As a result, 34 agreements were concluded at large. This year the region targets to realize 77 projects in six sectors. According to preliminary data, the projects will let attract about KZT 18 billion. Last year 34 PPP agreements were…