Lithuania’s major supermarket chains say they will not work on December 25 and many will cut working hours during the holiday period. The majority of supermarkets will also be closed on January 1, 2022 although some Iki or Rimi stores will stay open with shorter opening hours. On December 31, Iki, Norfa and Lidl stores…
Uzbekistan’s State Statistics Committee has announced the list of countries where Uzbekistan exported cars in January-October. Kazakhstan remains the main importer of Uzbek-made cars with 26,776 units, followed by Ukraine (568) and Russia (400). During the reporting period, Azerbaijan purchased 141 cars from Uzbekistan, neighboring Afghanistan – 128, Tajikistan -72 and the Kyrgyz Republic –…
Tallinn City Government will allocate an additional EUR 4 million to cover rising wages and fuel costs in the transport sector. There are currently no plans in place to reduce routes or raise ticket prices. Deputy Mayor for Transport Andrei Novikov (Center) said the capital’s transport costs were approximately EUR 80 million a year. This…
The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) checked corruption manifestations in various spheres of activity of Aiyl Bank OJSC. Information about illegal and inappropriate granting of large loans to individual companies by Aiyl Bank JSC secured by illiquid property has been confirmed. It also turned out that these companies had large indebtedness in…
Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, insists that the draft law on the 2022 State Budget of Ukraine (No. 6000) should be considered as early as this plenary week, which will last from November 30 to December 3. The comment came during a meeting of the Conciliation Council on November 29. “We…
As of November 26, Ukrainian farmers harvested more than 10.5 million tons of sugar beets. According to the Information and Analytical Portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, sugar beets were harvested from the area of 222.7 thousand hectares (98% in Ukraine), more than 10.5 million tons of sweet roots were harvested with the average…
On November 25, the Operational Management Group (OVG) reached a conceptual agreement to permit Christmas markets in spite of Covid-19 pandemic in Latvia, as confirmed by the Ministry of Economics. Although discussions between the Ministry of Economics and Ministry of Health continue on this topic, it is clear Christmas markets will be allowed to work…