Ukraine’s Central Bank forecasts that the country’s GDP growth will slow down to 2.5% in 2019, only to speed up again starting next year: to 2.9% and 3.7% in 2020 and 2021, respectively. “The causes of the 2019 economic slowdown include weaker growth in the world economy and global trade, a restrained fiscal policy due…
DetailsSince the beginning of 2019, UAH 2 billion in revenues from taxes have been transferred to local budgets of Mykolaiv region, up by 21% YoY, Deputy Head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Oleksandr Kushnir wrote on his Facebook page. “Since the start of the year, the general fund of local budgets of Mykolaiv region…
DetailsPrices of vegetables, meat, fruit and grapes have increased in Georgia, show the latest inflation data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In April the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 0.7%. The prices in the group increased for the subgroups of: vegetables (5.6%), fruit and grapes (5%) and meat (1%).…
DetailsAugusta Deglava Overpass was reopened for public transport on May 4. A speed limit of 20 km/h was imposed, however. Riga City Council, Transport Department, Riga City Construction Office, State Police and State Construction Control Office representatives agreed as much on May 3. During the joint meeting, participants discussed the option to reopen the bridge…
DetailsThe average monthly wage for civil servants in Estonia stood at EUR 2,433 in 2018, up by 11% YoY. This covers all public sector employees across the country, in both central government and local government-related organizations, as well as other bodies. Whereas ministry bureaucrats were paid an average of EUR 1,754 per month this time…
DetailsSince the launch of the ProZorro system in Ukraine, small-scale privatization has already brought UAH 1 billion to the budgets of all levels, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Saienko has written on Facebook. “One billion hryvnias! This is the sum transferred to the budgets of all levels over nine months since the start…
DetailsLviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport saw an increase in passenger flow by 51.9% in January-April compared with the relevant period last year, according to a report posted on the airport’s official Facebook page. “In January-April, passenger traffic grew to 524.6 thousand passengers, or by 51.9% YoY (345.4 thousand passengers),” reads the report. The number of…
DetailsThe joint Belarus-Uzbekistan dairy company Zdravushka Tashkent has been registered in Tashkent region, the Belarusian embassy in Uzbekistan reported. On Belarus’ behalf, the company was founded by Zdravushka Milk. “The joint project envisages the construction and equipment of a dairy farm for 1,000 head and a dairy plant with the total capacity of up to…
DetailsHead of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has charged to allocate KZT 29 billion for the construction of 20 schools in Almaty region in 2020-2021. “Our main goal is to improve the quality of life. We should solve the problems of dangerous school buildings and three-shift education. The region lacks 20 schools. It is crucial to allot…
DetailsTashkent – Balykchy passenger train will start serving the route on June 6, press service of Kyrgyz Temir Zholu state enterprise reported. The train will run along the route once a week, on Thursdays from Tashkent, and on Saturdays – from Balykchy. The journey time from Bishkek to Tashkent is 20 hours and 30 minutes…
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