Lithuania’s GDP contracted by 3.7% YoY in the second quarter of 2020, a smaller dip than previously expected. The quarterly GDP stood at 11.5 billion euros at current prices, having shrunk by 5.1% QoQ, Statistics Lithuania said on July 30. “The second-quarter contraction was mostly due to services. Manufacturing had the second-biggest impact and construction…
In June, the turnover of retail trade enterprises was EUR 671 million, data from Statistics Estonia showed. Compared to June 2019, turnover increased by 7% at constant prices. Jaanika Tiigiste, the leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said the turnover of stores selling manufactured goods, which fell in April and May, turned around in June, increasing…
Ukraine International Airlines will launch special flights to New York (JFK) on August 3 and August 7 at 11:25 a.m. and to Miami (MIA) on August 5 at 01:00 p.m. Flights from New York to Kyiv will depart on August 7 and August 3 at 5:45 p.m. and from Miami to Kyiv on August 5…
Wage arrears to employees across Ukraine in June slightly increased (by 0.1%) against May, amounting to UAH 3.146 billion ($113.6 million) as of July 1, the State Statistics Service reported. Arrears at economically active enterprises stood at UAH 1.942 billion ($70.1 million), down by 0.8%. The State Statistics Service notes that the data covers the…
Head of Turkestan, Umirzak Shukeyev, has inspected the progress of several sports facilities construction, Kazinform reports with the reference to the regional Akimat. In order to develop the sports infrastructure in Turkestan, a number of new and modern buildings are being built. The head of the region visited the construction sites of new sports facilities…
Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka says the government should not raise its 2021 spending for boosting consumption, as the country is close to breaking eurozone rules on government debt. “The Finance Ministry will propose a safe government budget,” Sapoka told the parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee, which was working on next year’s government spending bill, on…
Public transport resumes its work in Karakol city of Kyrgyzstan, the City Hall of Karakol reports. Such a decision was made by the Emergency Response Center for countering the spread of coronavirus infection. “The issue of resuming the work of public transport inside Karakol was raised at a meeting of the center. Many supported the…