Starting from January 1, the minimal wage in Latvia will be EUR 430, which is EUR 50 higher than it was the year before. This is provided by amendments approved by the Cabinet of Ministers in regards to minimum monthly wage amount for standard work time and calculation of the minimal hourly rate. Previously, Welfare…
Estonian state-owned cargo rail operator AS EVR Cargo and railway worker and railroad engineer trade unions have signed a one-year extension of their collective agreement. “I thank trade union chairmen Oleg Tsubarov and Raivo Romm as well as representatives for their contributions to the success of collective agreement extension talks,” EVR Cargo CEO Raul Toomsalu…
Export of energy resources, including gas and liquefied gas to third countries through the territory of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan will strengthen the transit cooperation between the two countries, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan Beibit Isabayev declared. “Recently we’ve held a meeting of the intergovernmental commission between our countries, where we have approved of a…
The Road Fund started working in Ukraine on January 1. About UAH 47 billion will be allocated to Ukrainian roads in 2018. “The automobile roads will for the first time receive the government-guaranteed funding. This year, almost UAH 33 billion will be allocated apart from separate additional financing of a number of key highways in…
Ukraine in January-November increased electricity exports by 34.4% YoY, or by 1.204 billion kWh, to 4.708 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has reported. Energy supplies from the Burshtyn thermal power plant’s energy island towards Hungary, Slovakia and Romania increased by 6.9% (by 183.9 million kWh), to 2.849 billion kWh. Electricity deliveries…
Another eleven Belarusian companies will be supplying dairy products to China, Aleksei Bogdanov, head of the main department for foreign economic affairs at the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, declared. “Following a recent visit of Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats to China, another eleven dairy companies were granted access to the Chinese market,…
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has instructed to develop chemical industry and increase the domestic production of fertilizers, the press service of the president reported. The decisions were made at a meeting held to discuss current financial and economic situation of chemical industry enterprises and development of the industry. Uzbekistan adopted a program for development…