Georgia: three cities to receive EUR 30,000 each from EU for cultural development strategies

The three western Georgian cities of Kutaisi, Poti and Zugdidi will receive 30,000 euros each to develop a cultural development strategy with grants form EU4Culture. The Georgian cities were selected among a total of 14 non-capital cities and towns from five Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. At a final stage,…

Estonia: wages up in Q3 2021

Average monthly gross wages rose by 7.8% YoY in the third quarter of 2021, state agency Statistics Estonia reported, to EUR 1,553. Statistics Estonia analyst Argo Tarkiainen said that the growth had returned to pre-pandemic levels. He said: “Whereas last year the growth in wages and salaries was slower, this year it is once again…

Ukraine: agricultural trade turnover with EU up in January-September 2021

In January-September, the trade turnover of agricultural goods between Ukraine and the European Union grew by 20% YoY, to $8.4 billion, declared the senior research associate of agricultural production economy and international integration department of the National scientific center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, Bogdan Dukhnitskiy. In the reporting period, the Ukraine’s surplus increased to $2.4…

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…