Since January 1, the basic rate of excise duty on tobacco products increases. Kyrgyz President signed the law on March 10, 2015. According to the document, the basic rates of excise duty in Kyrgyzstan will be gradually equalized with the rates in other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. The law also aims at reducing…
90% of the work has been completed at the polyethylene and polypropylene production complex, which is being built in Turkmenistan’s Balkan region. A reservoir park for water, hydrocarbon storage tanks, most of the buildings and facilities have been built. Laying of electrical cable lines, grounding and cathodic protection system continues. About 1,300 employees, as well…
Ukraine’s seaports in 2016 handled 131.99 million tons of cargo, down by 8.9% YoY, reads a report from the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. According to the report, transshipment of exported cargo decreased by 3.3%, to 100.395 million tons, imported cargo by 10.8%, to 16.013 million tons. Transshipment of transit freight fell by 35% and amounted…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed law No. 5114 on amendments to some laws on restricting access of foreign printed materials with anti-Ukrainian content to the Ukrainian market, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on December 8, 2016. According to the website of the Ukrainian parliament, on December 30, 2016 the law was “returned with the…
The size of the budget for Estonia’s central bank for 2017 is 22.7 million euros, up approximately by 800,000 euros or by 4.3% YoY. “Leaving aside cash-related costs, which are very different in different years, the budget of the central bank will increase by 0.77 million euros or approximately 4.3% compared to 2016”, the Bank…
Healthcare costs have increased by 397 million euros at current prices over the 2009-2015 period, 98 million euros of which fell into 2015, according to the National Institute for Health Development’s (TAI) newly-pubished analysis “Estonian healthcare costs 2015”. In 2015 state health insurance, i.e. the Estonian Healthcare Insurance Fund (EHIF), accounted for 64.8%, household co-financing…
Kumtor got all necessary permits and approvals for its 2017 mine plan, Centerra Gold Inc. reported. As noted, the approvals and permits are valid for the full year. Kumtor has received the industrial safety and subsoil expertise (approval) from the Kyrgyz Republic State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use for its special mine plan,…