Finance Ministry in 2018 borrowed UAH 286.5 billion, or $10.6 billion, to finance the deficit of the national budget. In particular, foreign loans were estimated at UAH 112.3 billion ($4.2 billion), while domestic borrowings totaled UAH 174.2 billion ($6.4 billion), according to the ministry’s website. The Finance Ministry also informed about the structure of last…
Twenty-four Georgian wines have received two double-gold, 15 gold and seven silver medals at the 6th Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2019, the National Wine Agency of Georgia says. Various Georgian wines were selected among 4,326 items from 34 countries after the tasting assessment held on January 29-30. The competition featured the best commercially-produced wines…
The rate of long term unemployment in Estonia in 2018 was the lowest for 20 years, according to government agency Statistics Estonia, with the labor force also increasing in size. The average unemployment rate for the whole year was 5.4% in 2018, the agency says, with the labor force participation rate 71.9%, and the employment…
About 123 kilometers of roads are planned to be repaired in 40 districts of the country in 2019. The information was announced at a meeting of the President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov with the Minister of Transport and Roads of the country Zhanat Beishenov. According to the Information Policy Department of the head of state,…
The construction of a solar power plant in Kherson region is set to begin in March. Head of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Hordeyev discussed this during a meeting with representatives of Atlas Capital Energy LLC, the press service of Kherson Regional State Administration reported. “During the conversation, the parties discussed the start of construction…
Last year, the growth of capital investment in Ukraine was almost 20%. “Inflation slowed down to a single digit level, and the growth of capital investments was almost 20%. Last year, 957 industrial and production facilities were repaired and reconstructed, giving new products and new jobs,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at the Cabinet’s…
In January, the Freeport of Riga handled 2,841,700 tons of cargo, up by 2.6% YoY. Transshipment of coal grew by 15.9%, to 1,029,900, and wood pellets – by 58.7%, to 90,300 tons, while oil products fell by 36.5%, to 278,000 tons. No ore was handled in January. The Port’s container throughput grew by 6.5%, to…