Uzbekistan is set to hold 15 IPOs in the next three years, including the IPOs of five state-owned banks, three insurance companies, metallurgical and other companies, the Deputy Finance Minister Odilbek Isakov has said. He said that new financial products would be released, including ETFs for gold, mortgage bonds and sukuk. The government is also…
The Ambassador of Tajikistan to Azerbaijan Rustam Soli and the Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan Inam Karimov discussed the possibility of creating joint ventures. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues related to the holding of the next meeting of the said Intergovernmental Commission, as well as the development of bilateral cooperation in…
Lithuania has from September 13 introduced new restrictions to present the country’s own or the pan-EU Covid-19 certificate to enter a sleeve of indoor public spaces. Yet the documents will not be required in intercity public transport. The Lithuanian opportunity pass is issued to people, who have recovered from Covid-19 in the past 180 days,…
A large part of the money people received from second pillar payouts went toward eliminating small debts. But shopping malls were also filled with people last week buying small appliances and electronics. A more accurate overview of spending will become clear in the near future, but the effects of pension assets decreasing and their effects…
Cargo traffic at the Port of Liepaja in January-August increased by 8.6% YoY and totaled 4.34 million tons, the Liepaja Port Authority statistics showed. Eight-month volume of grain rose by 1.8%, to 1.57 million tons, anthracite volume sank by 87.4%, to 28,800 tons, handling of building materials declined by 0.8%, to 489,000 tons, and oil…
The draft state budget for 2022, which the Cabinet of Ministers is planning to submit to Parliament on September 15, provides for an increase in healthcare spending and support for the economy, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has written on his Facebook page. “For the first time, the document will be based on a…
Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba has said that funds received from the Export-Import Bank of the United States will be used for joint projects with the localization of part of production in Ukraine. Kuleba reminded that the Export-Import Bank of the United States opened a $3-billion line to finance projects in Ukraine. “These…