The European Parliament and the EU Council have reached agreement on the EU’s next year budget, totaling 170.6 billion euros. Lithuania will receive additional funding for dealing with health and migration, the Finance Ministry says. “It’s important that the final version ensures proper funding for Lithuania’s strategically important traditional policy areas, like cohesion and agriculture.…
The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance raised UAH 8.159 billion to the state budget at an auction for the placement of domestic government bonds, according to the ministry’s press service. “At auctions for the placement of domestic government bonds, the Finance Ministry offered investors seven issues of securities in the national currency. Overall, UAH 8,159 million…
In January-September, compared to the same period in 2020, Ukraine’s imports of goods grew by 31.9%, to $50.35 billion, and exports – by 38.2%, to $48.38 billion, according to the State Statistics Service. Thus, Ukraine’s foreign trade balance was negative and came to $1.97 billion (in January-September 2020, foreign trade balance was also negative and…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has met with Managing Director at Rothschild & Co Arielle Malard de Rothschild and discussed the “favourable investment environment” in Georgia, the Georgian government administration reports. Garibashvili stated that the Georgian government was working intensively on large tourist, logistic and industrial investment projects, that were planned to be offered to…
On November 15, Latvia’s parliament commenced the viewing of the 2022 state budget package. In ten hours MPs reviewed one-third of all submitted legislative drafts. So far the parliament has tackled five out of 14 legislative drafts and 46 out of 567 proposals. Most proposals were received specifically for the legislative draft On the Medium-Term…
It is planned to adopt a state program to support and develop women’s entrepreneurship in Kyrgyzstan, Kurak women’s association reports. Kurak has been lobbying for the adoption of the document for several years. Two years ago, the Ministry of Economy, with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, began to develop the…
The closure of Samarqand airport is prolonged until December 15 due to construction works of a new airfield complex and new air navigation equipment. All flights will remain to be redirected to other international airports such as Navoi, Bukhara and Karshi, from where a ground transfer will be provided for passengers to Samarkand. In addition,…