Latvia: more self-employed persons to become eligible for idleness assistance benefits

Continuing to improve state support activities for residents, Latvia’s government approved amendments during a meeting on June 2, that provided for paying idleness assistance benefits to three groups of self-employed persons, as reported by Welfare Ministry. Amendments provide eligibility to receive idleness assistance benefits for certain self-employed persons. This benefit will be available to self-employed…

Kazakhstan: meat and milk processing increasing

“Livestock section reports sustainable growth of 4%,” Agriculture Minister Saparkhan Omarov has said. Lending and extra subsiding measures yielded results. As a result, farm animals’ population increased. Meat production grew this year by 5.8% and poultry by 15.8%. Milk and meat processing increased by 7% and by 8% correspondingly. Dairy plants and meat cutting plants…