In a recent blog post published at the end of September, Statistics Estonia analyzed data from the Unemployment Insurance Fund and larger job advertisement portals and compared the wages offered in job advertisements with the data submitted to its wage comparison application. It was found that there were big pay gaps between men and women…
Food prices continue will grow in Kyrgyzstan. The National Statistical Committee provided such data. In January-September, compared to the end of 2020, the increase in consumer prices and tariffs in the country as a whole reached 6.5%. During the period, the largest price increase was registered for buckwheat (+31.6%), lemons (+47%), vegetable oil (+21.5%) and…
The Tashkent region is set to see at least 450,000 thousand new jobs over the next five years, according to plans unveiled by Uzbekistan’s incumbent leader, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. During his campaign trail in the region last week Mirziyoyev said that household incomes would expand two-fold. He said that particular attention would be paid to the…
In January-September, freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja climbed by 8% YoY, to 5.06 million tons, the Port Authority reported. Handling of grain and cereal products rose by 1.4%, to 1.92 million tons, while handling of anthracite – sank by 88.3%, to 28,800 tons, handling of building materials fell by 4.3%, to 549,200…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week. Following the foreign exchange interventions, the National Bank bought $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market between October 11 and October 13. Since the start of 2021, the National Bank has sold $197 million and purchased $2,024.3…
Ukraine has a huge potential for large-scale biogas production that to ensure its energy independence, CEO of the NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko has said. “This means new jobs, this is independence from gas imports. We have a huge potential for biogas production, which can and should be used, in particular, for heat production,” Vitrenko…
In order to ensure the consistent and continuous development of the Georgian army, a higher defense budget has been outlined for the coming year. The parliamentary committee on defense and security discussed the 2022 state budget. The 2022 budget to be distributed among defense agencies is as follows: Ministry of Defense – 918 million GEL…