The work of the preliminary assessment mission of the EU regarding Ukraine’s readiness to conclude an Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA) has begun, according to the press service of the Ministry of Economy Ukraine. “On October 29, during an online meeting of Ukraine’s Trade Representative Taras Kachka with representatives of…
Kazakh Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources Minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev proposed Romanian companies to cooperate in implementing the Waste to Energy mechanism during the 15th session of the Kazakh-Romanian Intergovernmental Commission held online. Joining the meeting were the Kazakh and Romanian co-chairs of the Commission, representatives of the ministries involved and authorized ambassadors of the two…
To improve the quality of gravel roads in Latvia, the company in charge of road maintenance VAS Latvijas Autocelu uzturetajs (LAU) performed grading of more than 111,000 km of gravel roads this year. Surface and pothole repairs have been performed in a total volume of 427,000 cubic meters, LAU reports. Grading efforts are the most…
The turnover of retail trade enterprises in September was EUR 643 million, up by 6% YoY, with pricing being constant, according to Statistics Estonia (Statistikaamet). Jaanika Tiigiste, a leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, noted that turnover in September saw a larger increase than August. “In September, turnover growth was driven mostly by stores selling manufactured…
Ukrainian exports showed sufficient resilience to crisis developments in 2020, in contrast to previous crises, in particular due to an increase in the share of food products in its structure. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU said this in its quarterly Inflation Report for October 2020. Unlike previous crises, Ukrainian exports in 2020 showed sufficient…
In September, the average nominal salary in Ukraine amounted to UAH 11,998, up by 12.3% YoY, according to the State Statistics Service. The average nominal salary of Ukrainians in September was 2.4 times higher than the minimum wage (UAH 5,000). Compared with August, the average nominal wage rose by 4.8%. The highest average nominal salaries…
Assets declined by 3% or by EUR 4.34 million, in the second quarter of 2020, the Bank of Estonia said, despite the aggregate balance sheet of savings and loan associations increasing during that time. Q2 bore the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic so far. Assets grew by 1% or by EUR 1.43 million in Q3,…