The consumer confidence index in Ukraine grew by 3.2 points in May, to 58. It is the highest since July 2014, GfK Ukraine reported. “In May Index of Current Personal Financial Standing, Index of Expected Changes in Personal Financial Standing and Index of Economic Expectations reached their maximum indicators over the past two years,” the…
The reform proposed by the Cabinet does not provide for raising the retirement age, but it cancels the taxation of pensions, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said, commenting on the decision of the National Council of Reforms to support the pension reform. “We had a thorough conversation, we received useful suggestions, and the National…
As of June 1, the registered carry-over stocks of grains and pulses in Kazakhstan totaled 6.539 million tons. In particular, peasant and farming households stored 994.48 thousand tons of grains, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. Wheat formed the major share of the general grain stocks…
In May Ukraine exported 24.5 thousand tons of high-oleic sunflower oil, which became a record of monthly shipment volumes. Since the beginning of 2016-2017 MY (September 2016) Ukraine exported the maximum volumes of the product ever – 120 thousand tons, up 3-fold YoY (40.8 thousand tons). Also, during the first 9 months of 2016-2017 MY…
On June 16, Latvian airBaltic airline received the fifth Bombardier CS300 aircraft. By the end of 2017, airBaltic is planning to have eight CS300 aircraft. The fifth airBaltic CS300 aircraft, registered as YL-CSE, arrived in Riga on June 16. The flight time was 7 hours and 56 minutes and the aircraft covered 6419 km non-stop…
Compared with the same month of last year, Latvia had the fourth highest inflation index among EU member states in this year’s May, according to data from Eurostat. Last month, consumer prices in Latvia were 2.7% higher when compared with May last year. Inflation was only higher in Estonia (+3.5%), Lithuania (+3.2%) and the UK…
The Stadler trains for the Minsk subway will be produced entirely at the Belarusian enterprise Stadler Minsk, Stadler Rail Group CEO Peter Spuhler declared. “We have won a tender to supply trains for the Minsk subway. Our engineers are busy designing the new rolling stock. The trains for the subway will be assembled entirely at…