In March, an amendment, which obliged all employers to present a risk assessment analysis to the Labor Inspectorate, entered into force. Nearly a third of employers did not present their analyses as of the due date in September. Labor Inspectorate acting director Meeli Miidla-Vanatalu said that there were some employers who were still not aware…
The number of unemployed people increased by 3.4% compared to last year, the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Migration of Kyrgyzstan reported. According to the data, 104,000 people have been registered as unemployed in Kyrgyzstan as of October 1. The highest share of unemployed was registered in Jalal-Abad region, where 22,195 people did not…
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 25 inked a law on amendments to the Tax Code. The document was adopted by the Legislative Chamber on October 19 and approved by the Senate on October 21. According to the document, in the period from October 10 to December 31, turnover on the sale of meat…
BBC’s War and Peace, HBO’s Chernobyl, Netflix’s Stranger Things and now Camelot Films’ Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher. More and more international producers are choosing Lithuania as their shooting location, benefiting as well as challenging the small Baltic nation’s film industry. The UK-based Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher chose to relocate to Lithuania…
Discount carrier Qatar Airways is launching direct flights on the route Doha – Odesa. The airline will fly from Odesa International Airport to Hamad International Airport in Qatar’s capital Doha three times a week starting from December 9. That’s according to the Odesa International Airport press service. Odesa is the first regional airport in Ukraine…
Amid the lack of anthracite coal, Slovianska TPP, owned by Donbasenergo, stopped power generation on October 23. According to NEC Ukrenergo, as of 10:30 Kyiv time, both power units at the TPP, which had been operating in maneuvering mode since 2015, had been put to a halt. As of the evening of October 22, anthracite…
Kyrgyzstan plans to receive $80 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the budget. The relevant decree on approval of the conclusion on the loan agreement between Kyrgyzstan and the ADB was signed by Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov. According to the conclusion of the Cabinet, the loan…