In December 2019 prices in Georgia increased by 0.4%, while the annual inflation rate amounted to 7%, showed the latest inflation data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in Georgia increased by 1.4% MoM, contributing 0.44% of the overall monthly inflation. In particular monthly prices increased in…
Ukrainian farmers in Ternopil region gathered a record amount of grain crops in 2019, the head of the regional department of agribusiness, Volodymyr Stakhiv reported. “Farmers in Ternopil region collected a record amount of grain in recent years. In 2019 they threshed about 2.7 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, up by 148.2 thousand…
The minimum wage in Ukraine has increased by UAH 550 from January 1, to UAH 4,723, according to the country’s state budget for 2020. The living wage per person per month was set at UAH 2,027 from January 1, at UAH 2,118 from July 1 and at UAH 2,189 from December 1. The living wage…
62.1% of businesses consider the quality of local and international transport and the state of roads in Latvia poor or very poor, according to Turiba University’s Business Index. 34.4% of businesses are positive or more or less positive. Generally, however, 19.6% of businesses gave this factor a negative outlook. Analyzing regional data, it was concluded…
Turkish construction workers building a stadium in Lithuania’s second-biggest city Kaunas have started a hunger strike over unpaid wages. The May 1 Trade Union (G1PS) said that 53 workers were on a hunger strike outside the Kaunas municipality building and intended to continue their protest until they were paid all their arrears. The Turkish company…
In order to develop agriculture in Kazakhstan’s Shymkent city, project for creation of agriculture and industrial zone is being implemented in the city, a representative of city’s Department of Agriculture and Veterinary reported. According to the representative, in order to implement the task set by Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the State Development program…
On December 30, 2019 the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) and Wabtec (GE Transportation) signed a memorandum, which provided for conclusion of contracts for the delivery of 40 General Electric TE33AC locomotives in 2020 and the provision of maintenance service for 70 such locomotives. “We plan to purchase 40 General Electric locomotives…