The decision made by the Latvian Competition Council mentioned that members of the construction cartel were involved in at least 70 procurement projects the total value of which was close to EUR 687 million. The cartel investigation period reaches as far back as 2011 all the way to 2019. The total turnover of companies involved…
The average salary rose to EUR 1,538 (+7.3%) – in the second quarter of 2021, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The data are for the average monthly gross wages and salaries. Both were highest in Harju and Tartu counties. The sectors with the highest salaries are information and communication, financial and insurance activities and the…
As of August 13, Tajikistan harvested 778 thousand tons of grain crops. Particularly, farmers harvested 630.22 thousand tons of wheat, up by 127.4 thousand tons compared to the year ago. The grain was harvested throughout 193.3 thousand ha (213.9 thousand ha planted). (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
A number of events are to be held in the Uzbek capital from September 1 to 4, within the framework of the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank Group. Over 2,000 representatives of various organizations and businessmen are invited to the event. One of these important events will be…
Istanbul hosted Turkey’s largest and world’s second-largest international defense exhibition, IDEF 2021. More than 1,200 arms and military equipment manufacturers from around the world were represented at the event, with 154 official delegations from 79 countries attending. The main exposition included the latest military and technological products and promising projects of Turkish defense companies. One…
Ukraine intends to strengthen cooperation with Norway in the field of renewable energy production and also plans to attract foreign investment in this area, according to Yaroslav Demchenkov, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy for European Integration. “We would like to strengthen cooperation with Norway in the field of renewable energy production. For example, as part…
Commercial banks in Georgia lent 39.60 billion GEL and received deposits of 35.12 billion GEL in July, the latest data by the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) showed. The amount of deposits increased by 1.72% MoM, while loans by 0.98%. Last month, the sum of term deposits (deposits made for a predetermined period of time)…