Working international students and graduates paid more than EUR 13 million in tax during the academic year 2019-2020, an analysis by Statistics Estonia showed. The statistics agency’s research, carried out on behalf of the Estonian Education and Youth Authority, showed international students paid EUR 10 million in income and social tax in Estonia and international…
In 2020, Latvia’s State Revenue Service (VID) collected a total of EUR 9.863 billion for the state budget, down by EUR 640.423 million or by 6.1% from the original plan, according to information published by the service. Compared to 2019, VID’s total collected general budget revenue has dropped by EUR 53.216 million or by 0.5%.…
Oshelectro OJSC caused damage to the state budget in the amount of over 30 million soms, press service of the Financial Police of Kyrgyzstan reported. The Department of the State Service for Combating Economic Crimes (Financial Police) for Osh city has begun pre-trial proceedings on the fact of abuse of office against management of the…
The Ukrainian Finance Ministry believes that direct financing of the state budget from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be stopped until 2023, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has declared. According to Marchenko, the IMF currently provides money directly to the budget to finance the budget deficit. The Finance Ministry wants the IMF to allocate money…
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in the near future intends to launch trains to the territory bordering the temporarily occupied Crimea. Ukraine cannot launch trains to the peninsula yet, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Volodymyr Zhmak has declared. “We are working on the resumption of railway connection with the territories adjacent to Crimea. Unfortunately, we cannot enter Crimea itself,”…
Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to increase the number of regular flights to reduce ticket prices, Stalbek Sharsheev, Director of the Civil Aviation Agency of the Ministry of Transport and Roads of Kyrgyzstan, has announced at a press conference. “There are currently two regular flights to the Russian Federation per week. Flights from Bishkek to Moscow are…
From January 20 the Enguri hydro power plant (HPP), the largest electricity producer of Georgia that supplies its Russia-occupied region of Abkhazia, will be closed for repairs for three months. Economy Minister Natia Turnava has announced that while the dam is closed, Abkhazia will receive electricity imported from Russia. “Shutting down the Enguri HPP will…