The government is planning to go ahead with the privatization of Operail and the proposal will likely be put before the government in March, Estonia’s minister of economic affairs and infrastructure Taavi Aas has said during parliament’s question time. The minister said he could see no reason why one could not be moving forward with…
Uzbekistan’s interregional state tax inspectorate has summed up its results of 2020, stating that the budget of the country has received $9.9 billion in tax revenue. Some 65% of the revenue was from 836 large taxpayers, it added. The committee named the 10 biggest taxpayers of 2020: Navoi mining and metallurgical combine, Almalyk mining and…
In January, Ukraine manufactured 604 vehicles, down by 29% YoY, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (UkrAutoProm). In particular, Ukrainian enterprises manufactured 576 cars, down by 24%. Some 251 cars were produced by ZAO Eurocar and 325 cars by PJSC Zaporizhzhia Automobile Building Plant (ZAZ). Ukraine manufactured four commercial vehicles in January, down…
Ukrainian higher education institutions received UAH 241 million of income from the placement of deposit funds in 2020, the press service of the Finance Ministry reported. “According to the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, on deposit accounts in public sector banks in 2020, higher education institutions placed UAH 3,778 million of temporarily free budget funds…
As of the end of January, the registered unemployment level in Latvia was 8% of the economically active population, up by 0.3% MoM, according to information from the State Employment Agency (NVA). There were 72,612 unemployed people in Latvia as of the end of January, up by 3,007 people. The lowest registered unemployment level observed…
Passenger ferry line TS Laevad, which operated routes between the Estonian mainland and its major islands, said passenger numbers were down by 19% YoY in January. The line, a subsidiary of the state-owned firm the Port of Tallinn, carried 94,896 passengers in January, while vehicle volumes fell by 7%, to 55,503 vehicles. TS Laevad board…
Uzbekistan has expanded its visa-free regime for citizens of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and China, including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau of the PRC (People’s Republic of China). From March 1, a visa-free regime is established for a period of 10 days from the date of entry into the territory of…