Growth in the economy slowed in the first half of 2018, signs of which were evident on the labor market, with employment growing more slowly than in 2017, the Bank of Estonia said. There are still many vacant positions in the economy, but they are fewer in number than a year ago, Bank of Estonia…
Compared to August, the level of construction costs in Latvia rose by 0.5% in September. Labor remuneration of workers increased by 1.2%, maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment by 0.5%, and prices of building materials by 0.1%. In September the average level of construction costs was mostly affected by the increase in labor…
In 8 months of 2018 trade turnover with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union decreased by 3.4% YoY and amounted to $1,481 billion, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Zhenish Razakov declared at a meeting of Respublika-Ata Jurt parliamentary faction. According to him, export to the EEU countries increased by 5.4% and amounted to…
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that 80 km of the highway N-03 Zhytomyr – Chernivtsi have been repaired this year. In a post on Twitter, Groysman wrote: “The N-03 Zhytomyr-Chernivtsi highway passes through the territory of three regions: Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Chernivtsi. The last repair works were carried out there before 1980. This year…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to leave unchanged the refinancing rate at 18% per annum, the central bank has reported on its website. Decision No. 714-rsh about the size of the refinancing rate was approved by the NBU Board on October 25. “Current and projected monetary conditions are rather tough to provide…
The “Whiskey Live Warsaw” festival has been held in the capital of Poland – Warsaw city, during which the Azerbaijani-made alcoholic beverages have been demonstrated at the “Made in Azerbaijan” stand, the Ministry of Economy said. The wines and various types of fruit vodkas, brandy, whiskey, presented at the Azerbaijani stand, being the most visited…
There is substantially less traffic and fewer traffic jams in Tallinn this week, when most schools are out for their autumn holidays. According to Talvo Ruutelmaa, head of the Traffic Control Bureau of the Tallinn Transport Department, the drop in traffic congestion was measured fairly precisely by fixed counters. “Compared to everyday traffic, there are…