Tallinn City Government will allocate an additional EUR 4 million to cover rising wages and fuel costs in the transport sector. There are currently no plans in place to reduce routes or raise ticket prices. Deputy Mayor for Transport Andrei Novikov (Center) said the capital’s transport costs were approximately EUR 80 million a year. This…
The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) checked corruption manifestations in various spheres of activity of Aiyl Bank OJSC. Information about illegal and inappropriate granting of large loans to individual companies by Aiyl Bank JSC secured by illiquid property has been confirmed. It also turned out that these companies had large indebtedness in…
Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, insists that the draft law on the 2022 State Budget of Ukraine (No. 6000) should be considered as early as this plenary week, which will last from November 30 to December 3. The comment came during a meeting of the Conciliation Council on November 29. “We…
As of November 26, Ukrainian farmers harvested more than 10.5 million tons of sugar beets. According to the Information and Analytical Portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, sugar beets were harvested from the area of 222.7 thousand hectares (98% in Ukraine), more than 10.5 million tons of sweet roots were harvested with the average…
On November 25, the Operational Management Group (OVG) reached a conceptual agreement to permit Christmas markets in spite of Covid-19 pandemic in Latvia, as confirmed by the Ministry of Economics. Although discussions between the Ministry of Economics and Ministry of Health continue on this topic, it is clear Christmas markets will be allowed to work…
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,…
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…