State Employment Service said the number of unemployed in Ukraine grew by 64% YoY as of May 20, to 501,000 people. At the same time, the number of vacancies is 51,000. This is almost 55% fewer than last year, the report said. The average wage for existing vacancies is UAH 7,000 ($262). Today there is…
Net profit of 15 commercial banks of Georgia amounted to 80.29 million lari ($25.1 million) in April, up by 16.10 million lari ($5.04 million) YoY, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported. Revenues received by commercial banks from fines / penalties amounted to 308,000 lari ($96,515); the net profit / loss from conversion operations, i.e.…
In April actual unemployment rate comprised 9.2%, up by 1.3% MoM. Unemployment rate registered by the State Employment Agency (NVA) accounted for 8% and, compared to March, it had risen by 1.2%. Unemployment rate increase may be observed also when comparing the data to the April of the previous year – of 2.7% in actual…
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine restrictions, remittances from Ukrainian migrant workers are expected to amount to $10 billion in 2020, which is $2 billion less than last year, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). “Labor migration is a difficult topic. About 3 million Ukrainians work abroad. Some of them are seasonal…
In 2019, local budgets received UAH 4.9 billion in revenues from real estate taxes, up by UAH 1.2 billion YoY, according to the Finance Ministry. “Local budgets received UAH 4.9 billion from the payment of real estate taxes in 2019 and UAH 3.7 billion in 2018,” the statement reads. Failure to pay taxes on real…
A telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov and the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey Adil Karaismailoglu. According to the Telegram channel of the Kazakh Ministry’s press service, the parties have summed up the results of cooperation within the first quarter…
As the crisis deepens, the Estonian government plans on coming to the rescue of the economy and the construction sector by launching major projects for which procurements could be announced right away, Prime Minister Juri Ratas (Center) has said. “I believe that toward the end of the year, the situation in the construction sector may…