Lithuania: average wage up in Q3 2021

Average labor income in Lithuania grew by 161 euros, or by 11.4% YoY in the third quarter, to 1,572 euros before tax, according to figures presented on November 25 by Lithuania’s Social Insurance Fund Board, Sodra. Meanwhile, labor income after tax increased by 95 euros, or by 10.5 %, to 998 euros. In August, average…

Georgia: economic ties with Qatar deepened

Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandre Khvtisiashvili, who is on an official visit to Qatar, has spoken of “bilateral cooperation in various fields and mutual support” with Dr. Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar. During the meeting the parties have pledged to deepen trade and economic ties between Georgia…

Ukraine: world called on to condemn Pootin’s decree on “Russian” goods from Donbas

Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova has called on the international community to condemn a decree by the Russian president Vladimir Pootin to provide “humanitarian support” to the population of certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The commissioner calls on the international community to condemn decree No. 657 issued by the Russian president…