Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $7.02 billion in January-August, down by 16.7% YoY, showed preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The value of exports decreased by 14.7% and reached $2.07 billion, while imports decreased by 17.5%, amounting to $4.95 billion. The trade deficit of Georgia in January-August amounted to $2.88…
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan officially resumed regular flights from September 11, the press service of the Transport Ministry reported. An agreement on the opening of flights was reached after negotiations between the authorities of the two countries. Flights on the Tashkent – Almaty – Tashkent route will be carried out on Fridays by the Uzbekistan Airways…
The State Agency for Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor), within the framework of the National Program for the Renewal of Bridges, announces the completion of restoration work at 11 out of 103 objects planned for 2020. Agreements on repairs on 60 bridges have also been drawn up: 39 of them are already in operation and repairs…
Investments in the construction of a multifunctional e-sports arena with a capacity of 10,000 people in Kyiv will amount to $40 million, the co-founder of the Ukrainian multi-gaming e-sports organization Natus Vincere (NAVI), the founder of the DreamTeam gaming platform, Oleksandr Kokhanovsky, has said. “We plan to build a multifunctional e-sports arena for $40 million,…
The 7th meeting of Kazakhstan-Indian joint working group for trade and economic cooperation took place on September 10 via a videoconferencing, the Trade and Industry Ministry’s press service reported. The meeting was co-chaired by Trade and Industry Deputy Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Torebayev and Deputy Trade and Industry Minister of India Bidyut Behari Swain. Extraordinary…
Foreign investors in Latvia propose establishing a single tax regime for all short-term small service providers that perform services on their own, stresses the Foreign Investors Council Latvia (FICIL) in its document on tax policy. Investors also recommend expanding the existing simplified tax payment regime to include taxpayers like nannies, barbers, photographers, cleaners, designers and…
The 2021 state budget will run a deficit and contain no major cuts, the government has announced after two days’ discussion. The talks have not yet led to anything concrete yet, however, though the state is projected to be running a deficit at least till 2024. Following the meetings held at Sagadi manor in Laane-Viru…