Ukraine: average wage up in January 2020

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…

Georgia: US to provide anti-tank Javelin missiles

The United States Department of Defense has signed a contract with Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture on the production of the Javelin anti-tank missile systems for a number of countries, including Georgia. Other countries, which will receive the Javelins, include Australia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Qatar,…

Ukraine: state budget deficit up in 2019

Finance Ministry increased the state budget deficit in 2019 to UAH 81 billion ($3.3 billion), whereas earlier this figure was UAH 78.05 billion ($3.1 billion). “The Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2019″ defines the annual limit of the state budget deficit in the amount of UAH 91.1 billion ($3.7 billion).…

Latvia: construction costs up in January 2020

Compared to December 2019, the level of construction costs in Latvia fell by 0.2% in January 2020. Labor remuneration of workers reduced by 0.9% andprices of building materials – by 0.1%, but maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment rose by 0.2%. In January, the average level of construction costs was mostly affected by…