A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey found Estonia’s economy continued to perform well, however, there were problems arising from income inequality, the private sector’s lack of technical adaptability, and the low productivity and carbon intensity of the energy sector. The report pointed out positively Estonia’s expertise in IT and digitized government…
Details12 schools for 9,500 children will be built in the Kazakh capital in 2020, Mayor of the city Altay Kulginov said. According to the mayor, construction of another 8 schools for 12,000 children will be launched as well. “There are 115 schools and 125,000 school students in Nur-Sultan to date. The number of students is…
DetailsIn the first nine months of 2019 the volume of agricultural production increased by 7.1% YoY in Azerbaijan, Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov said at the conference on the theme “Cooperation with NGOs in the field of social services”. According to the minister, the share of value added in GDP in agriculture, forestry and fisheries amounted…
DetailsThe Ukrainian government and the National Bank of Ukraine jointly face foreign currency debt payments in excess of $24 billion in 2020-2022, including interest. The NBU report on financial stability says most of this amount will need to be refinanced in foreign markets, therefore cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and other international financial organizations…
DetailsUkraine’s tax expert Andriy Hmyrin says all experts, assessing the volumes of smuggling at customs, agree that the national budget has at least $10 billion (about UAH 250-UAH 300 billion) in annual losses. “When calculating the volume of smuggling, various experts come up with different figures. But they all agree that it is at least…
DetailsUzbekistan Railways launches two new trains to Russia. “Starting from December 13 the Termez-Moscow-Termez train began to run, and from February 2020 a new direction, Andijan-Ufa-Andijan, will be added to the network schedule,” the company noted. In December 17 trains of the Uzbek carrier run from the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent to Russia’s Volgograd, Yekaterinburg,…
DetailsAn investigation by newspaper Postimees reveals that Estonia’s economic growth is being built at the expense of third-country migrants who often face mistreatment at the hands of bosses and companies. The daily reported it had found over 1,000 online job adverts targeting workers in Ukraine from EUR 4 hourly-paid jobs in Estonia and advertising working…
DetailsAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order regarding measures to renovate roads in Khirdalan city. Under the presidential order, 3 million manats are allocated to the Azerbaijan Highway State Agency for renovation of the roads in Nizami, Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev, Sattar Bahlulzade and Galubiyya streets in Khirdalan city. (AzerNews/Business World Magazine)
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