As of October 23, UAH 34.1 billion, or 52%, has already been used from Ukraine’s COVID-19 Fund, the Finance Ministry’s press service reports. UAH 5.8 billion out of the planned UAH 16.3 billion or 35% was spent on healthcare. In particular, UAH 21 million was directed on the purchase of lung ventilation devices (UAH 100…
As of October 22, farmers of Poltava region harvested 267,4 thousand tons of sugar beets. Poltava region continues sugar beet harvesting campaign, which has been harvested from the area of 9.1 thousand hectares with the average yield of 29.5 ton/ha. 187.2 thousand tons of sweet roots have been carried out of the fields. (Ukrsugar/Business World…
The planned state budget financing for sports in Latvia may decline by EUR 5.96 million, as detailed in the 2021 budget plan. The plan notes that this year’s funding is EUR 38.8 million. For next year, however, the funding for this sector is at EUR 32.8 million. For example, next year none of the national…
The economic map has been drawn up in Kyzylorda region, Gulshara Abdykalikova, the region’s governor, has announced. The region’s governor underscored the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, pointing to the decreasing prices for oil and other natural resources. The Kyzylorda region’s economy is dependent on oil and uranium extraction, which has…
Uzbekistan develops and implements improved ways of sustainable forest management, and as a result, the range of ecosystem services is expanding. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) project on “Sustainable Forest Management in Mountainous and Valley Areas of Uzbekistan”, implemented by the Representative Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in…
The easing of quarantine restrictions helped to restore lending in Ukraine in the third quarter of 2020. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) among credit managers of Ukrainian banks, released on October 23, the central bank’s press service reports. According to the central bank,…
Deputy Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Taras Vysotskyi says the ministry plans to amend the procedure for consulting agricultural sector to support it. “We’ll definitely coordinate the issue with the sector and specialized associations. Following that, we’ll initiate appropriate changes to the procedure of the Cabinet of Ministers,” he wrote on Facebook.…