Minister of Finance Martin Helme (EKRE) said at a government press conference that Estonia had a deficit budget this year and would likely have one in several years to come. An extension of wage support for the tourism industry is not on the cards. Helme added that if the wish were to balance the state…
Russia’s ongoing aggression in Eastern Ukraine remains one of the key threats to national security, so the level of funding for the security and defense sector for the next year cannot be reduced, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov has said this during a meeting on the defense…
Ukraine’s ready-to-eat and canned fish exports grew by 7% YoY in January-June, to $3.5 million, according to the press service of the State Agency of Fisheries. “In January-June, Ukraine exported 1,900 tons of ready-to-eat and canned fish worth $3.5 million, up by $232.1 thousand (7%) YoY,” reads the report. The biggest buyers of Ukrainian-produced ready-to-eat…
44 major investment projects that are to create 13 thousand jobs are under implementation in Karaganda region. 1,700 SME projects have already gained the support. According to the region’s governor Zhenis Kassymbek, a plan is said to be mapped out to implement the President’s Address, containing strategies for each point of the Address. The governor…
Uzbek airlines resume regular air service to Kazakhstan. In particular, the first flight Tashkent-Almaty-Tashkent is slated for September 11. It will fly once a week on Fridays. Besides, Uzbekistan Airways JSC will fly to the UAE, Germany, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. All passengers should provide a medical note with negative PCR test results in English or…
Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan discussed the resumption of regular meetings of representatives of public and private structures of the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. This was said during a videoconference between Minister of foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Chingiz Aidarbekov. The parties also actively cooperate…
LLC Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) said transit shipments of natural gas through the country’s gas transmission system in January-August shrank by 42% YoY, to 34.8 billion cubic meters. Over the period under review, 23.9 billion cubic meters was transported to Slovakia, 5.9 billion cubic meters to Hungary, 2.6 billion cubic meters to…