Looking at the amount of taxes companies pay, 55.6% of businessmen and CEOs said they were too high, 36.5% said taxes were a bit too high, whereas 7.2% said taxes were as high as they needed to be, according to data from Turiba University’s Business Index. Compared to answers provided in 2018, it can be…
Retail trade turnover in the city of Kyiv in 2018 grew by 3.4% YoY, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. “Commodity exports increased by 5.2%, the volume of direct foreign investments into the economy of Kyiv city grew by 3.5%, and capital investments – by 30.6%,” Natalia Melnyk, the director of the Administration’s Economic…
Some 19 solar power plants with a total capacity of 55 MW operate in Khmelnytsky region, President Petro Poroshenko stated at a meeting of the Regional Development Council in Khmelnytsky region. “There are 19 solar power plants with a total capacity of 55 MW in the territory of Khmelnytsky region,” Poroshenko said. In addition, according…
The Bishkek City Council has approved budget of the capital for 2019. The draft budget of Bishkek for 2019 provides for total expenses in the amount of 8,430,022.5 billion soms. At least 807,090 million soms are provided for capital investments. These funds will be spent on the construction of social facilities, completion of the engineering…
A subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp, Baltic SF IX Limited and Marine Atlantic Inc, a Canadian company with the state participation therein, have concluded to extend the current charter agreement of MV Atlantic Vision (ex. Superfast IX) for one year, until November 2020, with an option to extend the agreement for an additional two years.…
The volume of bilateral trade between Kazakhstan and Malaysia increased almost 4-fold compared YoY and amounted to $478 million in 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported. Exports from Kazakhstan reached $351.7 million, while imports from Malaysia reached $126.1 million. In 1996, Kazakhstan and Malaysia opened their embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Almaty,…
The Deposit Guarantee Fund last week sold insolvent banks’ assets worth UAH 136.82 million, the fund’s press service reports. “Last week the assets of 22 banks, which were in the management of the Fund, were sold for UAH 136.82 million,” the report says. In particular, UAH 118.82 million was received from the repayment of fund…