The state debt of Kyrgyzstan grew by $95 million in the first quarter of 2017 and updated the historical maximum, the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. Of March 31, its size was $4,160 billion, or 285,461,89 billion soms. The external debt formed in the amount of $3,803.97 billion (260,978,59 billion soms), and…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia has introduced a ban on transportation of all types of cargo and empty wagons, including transit through the territory of Ukraine, for a number of owner companies from the Russian Federation. According to company decree Ts-2/101 dated May 18, transportation is prohibited in the wagons of Sberbank Leasing, SG Trans, NefteTransService, Freight One,…
In Q1 the Latvian unemployment rate constituted 9.4%. Compared to the previous quarter, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1%, whereas, compared to the same period of the year before, the rate reduced by 0.9%. In Q1 91.3 thousand people aged 15-74 were unemployed, which is 10.3 thousand fewer than a year ago and 0.5 thousand…
The micro-enterprise tax has created serious defects for Latvia’s tax system, said Fiscal Discipline Council chairman Janis Platais. “It has caused very serious defects to our tax system. It suffocates growth. It acts against the tax neutrality principle, when taxes should not stimulate one or the other form of business,” Platais said. He believes Latvia…
Retail trade in Ukraine rose by 5.8% YoY in January-April in comparable prices, to UAH 226.749 billion, or $8.6 billion, according to the State Statistics Service’s website. Retail turnover increased the most in Kirovohrad region (by 9.3%, to UAH 4.37 billion), Lviv region (by 9.2%, to UAH 13.1 billion), Poltava region (by 8.4%, to UAH…
JSC RBK Bank announced the intention to merge with JSC Qazaq Banki. “Shareholders of JSC Bank RBK and JSC Qazaq Banki are negotiating the merger of the two institutions. In the near future the banks are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding, which will become the starting point for the merger,” the KASE report…
The Dushanbe mayor’s office is taking efforts to curb rise in prices of basic food products during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, according to the Dushanbe administration press center. By Dushanbe mayor’s decree merchants and farmers selling their products at Dushanbe’s Dehqon, Shohmansour and Sakhovat bazaars will be exempt from paying one-time fee, a…