In January-April, freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja climbed by 1.6% YoY, to 2.2 million tons. In the reporting period, handling of grain and cereal products fell by 1.9%, to 886,400 tons, handling of anthracite – climbed by 1%, to 28,800 tons, building materials by 8%, to 179,500 tons, and oil products by…
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov received the head of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey Mustafa Rifat Hisarciklioglu. The Turkish delegation also included the heads of the largest companies in the field of agriculture, textile and food industries, energy, tourism, mining and construction. Welcoming the guests, Sadyr Japarov stressed that, as the…
More people are expecting the rate of inflation to continue rising, according to a recent survey, as economies emerge from the coronavirus crisis. The consumer survey, compiled by the Institute of Economic Research (Eesti Konjunktuuriinstituut), found that the consumer barometer the organization routinely compiles showed the number of people expecting prices to rise in the…
The number of unemployed in Ukraine in January-April decreased by 12% YoY, Inna Bondini, a state employment service official, reported. “Compared with last year, we see stabilization in the labor market. There are now 12% fewer unemployed persons than in the same period in 2020. There is the same number of vacancies. While at year-start,…
In April, UAH 14.2 billion in national currency and UAH 30.6 billion in foreign currency (in hryvnia equivalent) were attracted to the state budget as a result of the sale of domestic government bonds, Chairman of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Bohdan Danylyshyn wrote on his Facebook page. “The volumes of…
Latvian Ministry of Economy has submitted to the government a proposal to let all shops open up in epidemiologically safe environments in shopping malls. The alliance of real estate developers supports this proposal on behalf of shopping malls because it is based on tangible research on the quality of air. According to CO2 level measurements…
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $3.92 billion in January-April, up by 12.8% YoY, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. The value of exports increased by 19.6% and totaled $1.19 billion, while imports increased by 10.1%, amounting to $2.73 billion. The trade deficit of Georgia in January-April amounted to $1.53…