In the fourth quarter of 2018, the number of registered unemployed in Ukraine decreased by 100 thousand people compared with the fourth quarter of 2017, and the unemployment rate shrank by 0.6%, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. “According to the results of a sample survey of the population (households) on economic activity, the…
Ukrainian producers in 2018 boosted chocolate exports to the European Union by 22.6% YoY, to EUR 41.2 million. Romania was a major buyer of Ukrainian chocolate products (4,900 tons of chocolate and cocoa products), the Pro-Consulting company’s press service said. Also, the largest buyers of Ukrainian chocolate were Hungary (2,600 tons) and Bulgaria (2,500 tons).…
The Lithuanian Finance Ministry has revised its economic growth forecast for this year downward to 2.6%, from 2.8% previously. It also downgraded its growth projection for 2020 to 2.4% and that for 2021 to 2.3%, from the previous estimate of 2.5% for both years. In light of certain risks, the ministry forecasts that the country’s…
The results of two months of 2019 show that the revenues of air transport enterprises in Kazakhstan rose by 21.2% YoY and reached 49.7 billion tenge ($1.3 billion). The share of air transport in the transportation industry as a whole was 10.8%; in 2018 the share of airlines was slightly lower – 10.2%. The main…
Sharg Ulduzu OJSC, Azerbaijan’s winemaking plant located in Shamkir district, plans to export its products to Japan, Head of the company Asgar Alyrzayev declared. He said that this opportunity might appear this year through the company’s participation in the upcoming exhibition in that country. “We are constantly looking for potential partners abroad, we expect to…
Ukrainian economy has been growing for the longest continuous period of nine years, First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv stated at a meeting of the Regional Development Council in Chernivtsi region. “They, the Russian authorities, hate only one person who is the commander-in-chief and who opposes…
Investors will build seven solar power plants in different districts of Zhytomyr region, the press service of Zhytomyr Regional State Administration has reported. “After signing memorandums of cooperation with Head of Zhytomyr Regional State Administration Ihor Hundych, investors are launching seven projects to create alternative energy sources,” the report says. In particular, industrial solar power…