New excise duty rates for ethyl alcohol and certain types of alcoholic beverages have been established in Kyrgyzstan, the State Tax Service reports. It was done to harmonize excise duty rates with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. Excise taxes on vodka and alcoholic beverages, strong drinks were increased from 100 soms to 120…
Teachers, assistant teachers and nannies of pre-school education institutions and special education institutions will be paid single-time benefit for work performed during Covid-19 pandemic, as reported by the Education and Science Ministry. The government has allocated EUR 6.3 million from the state budget program for emergencies. The total size of the single-time benefit per hourly…
Bank of Estonia governor Madis Muller said Estonia invested less in innovation and digital solutions than the European Union average, which endangered the country’s competitiveness in the long run. Speaking at a joint investment seminar of the Bank of Estonia and the European Investment Bank (EIB), Muller emphasized that in order to maintain Estonia’s competitiveness,…
Ukraine and Moldova held the first round of negotiations on amendments to the intergovernmental Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on January 28. Ukraine and Moldova started drafting a Protocol between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on amendments to the Free Trade Agreement and agreed on a number…
The average nominal salary of Ukrainians in December 2020 was 15.6% higher than the one they received in December 2019 and amounted to UAH 14,179, the State Statistics Service reported. The average nominal salary of a full-time employee of enterprises, institutions and organizations in December 2020 amounted to UAH 14,179, which was 2.8 times higher…
The state will continue developing highways section by section, as continuing with developments using large-scale procurements is not reasonable, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas (Center) has said. “The capacity of the procurement depends much on how much has been prepared. I do not mean only projects but other preparations as well. There…
Uzbekistan declared 2021 the year of youth support and public health promotion. It is with this purpose President Shavkat Mirziyoyev gathered officials for a regular meeting on January 27. The official unemployment rate among youth aged 18 to 30 is 17%. 26,000 young people do not have a job in Tashkent alone. At the same…