As of October 1, ten banks provided loans for a total sum of UAH 6.1 billion under state guarantees on a portfolio basis, the Finance Ministry’s press service reported. “As part of the support for micro-, small- and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine through the instrument of state guarantees on a portfolio basis, as of October…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects that Ukraine will receive a $700-million tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) until the end of the year. NBU Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko said this at a briefing on October 21. “This year, and it will, of course, depend on the IMF board, we expect a tranche worth…
Following the new and tight quarantine restrictions, the biggest food stores in Latvia – Lidl, Maxima and Rimi – are forced to change and adapt their operational strategy and open hours accordingly. From October 21 onward all Lidl stores in Latvia will stick to the following open hours: 06:30 – 19:00. As before, all food…
The Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia has reported 5 million GEL in revenue from ecotourism in 2021. In the first three quarters of 2021, revenue earned from visitors reached 4.87 million GEL, up 5.8-fold from the 845,000 the agency earned in the same period in 2020. The protected areas of Georgia, which reopened on…
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will prioritize Uzbekistan’s transformation to market-based economy through reforms, regional connectivity and cooperation, and sustainable and inclusive growth in planning its assistance, an ADB representative has announced. The representative stated that ADB assisted Uzbekistan with innovative financing instruments such as partial credit guarantees and public-private partnership schemes, consistent with Uzbekistan’s pursuit…
The bill of Estonia’s state budget for 2022, according to which the revenues of the state budget total EUR 13.13 billion, expenditures amount to EUR 13.64 billion and investments will be made in the amount of EUR 716 million, passed the first reading in the Riigikogu on October 20. The tax burden next year will…
Since the beginning of October, the average prices for granulated sugar have increased by 2.33 soms. The National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan provided such data. While at the end of September sugar cost 65.1 soms per kilogram, as of October 20 its price increased to 67.43 soms. Compared to October last year, the product has…