Men work on average five hours more per week in Kyrgyzstan, UN Women organization says. According to it, there is almost no difference in cities: men work 43 hours a week, while women – 41 hours. The difference is due to the villages, where the male population works 38 hours and the female – 30…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Prime Minister the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin have discussed trade, infrastructure and investment cooperation between the two countries. “Discussed with Prime Minister Askar Mamin cooperation between Ukraine and Kazakhstan in trade, infrastructure and investment,” he wrote on Twitter. According to Shmyhal, the heads of the two governments…
In August, eight new companies entered the non-bank financial services market in Ukraine, while 13 companies left the market, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. In August, the number of non-bank financial market participants decreased to 1,933 (as of August 31) from 1,938 (as of July 31). The number of…
In central Latvia, the Kekava Municipality has banned organizing gambling in its territory set up in 2021, as part of the administrative and territorial reform. From now on, the 27 thousand people living in the 454-square-kilometer territory will not have on-site gambling services available to them. The Kekava Municipality passed the decision to ban organizing…
Georgia exported 65 million bottles of wine to 59 countries in January-August, up by 19% YoY, the Georgian National Wine Agency reported. By selling wine abroad Georgia generated $145 million. Revenues increased by 13%. Exports of Georgian wine increased to the following countries: the Czech Republic (+646%, 112,236 bottles), Mongolia (+316%, 306,690 bottles), Canada (+132%,…
Inflation of close to 5% is likely to remain for several months and may even be exceeded in some months, according to an economist from Scandinavian-owned bank SEB. Mihkel Nestor, economic analyst at SEB Estonia, said: “In the second half of 2020, the consumer price index (CPI) fell by 1% on average per month, but…
The overall unemployment rate in Kyrgyzstan does not exceed 5-6%, UN Women reports. According to the organization, the most vulnerable are young people from 15 to 28 years old. The overall unemployment rate in this age group has dropped from 11.6% to 10% over the past five years. However, unemployment among young women (13.6%) continues…