In 2019, budget expenditures surged by 19.3% and made 13.5 trillion tenge. Budget spending comprised 11.3 trillion tenge, down by 9.1%. The biggest amount was spent on social assistance and social provision: 3.5 trillion tenge or 25.6% of the total sum of expenses. 2.3 trillion tenge and 1.3 trillion tenge were spent on education and…
DetailsThe United States Department of Defense has signed a contract with Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture on the production of the Javelin anti-tank missile systems for a number of countries, including Georgia. Other countries, which will receive the Javelins, include Australia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Qatar,…
DetailsIn 2019, the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund of Kyrgyzstan paid 32.4 million soms to medical organizations for management and monitoring of tuberculosis patients until completion of treatment on an outpatient basis, press service of the fund reported. At least 2,132 patients have completed treatment on an outpatient basis (1,667 people in 2018), including 1,570 with…
DetailsThe National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) applied measures of influence to three banks in February due to the violation of legislation in the field of financial monitoring, the central bank’s press service reported. “The National Bank of Ukraine, following inspections on preventing and countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime, terrorist financing and financing…
DetailsFinance Ministry increased the state budget deficit in 2019 to UAH 81 billion ($3.3 billion), whereas earlier this figure was UAH 78.05 billion ($3.1 billion). “The Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2019″ defines the annual limit of the state budget deficit in the amount of UAH 91.1 billion ($3.7 billion).…
DetailsCompared to December 2019, the level of construction costs in Latvia fell by 0.2% in January 2020. Labor remuneration of workers reduced by 0.9% andprices of building materials – by 0.1%, but maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment rose by 0.2%. In January, the average level of construction costs was mostly affected by…
DetailsThe Land Transport Agency of Georgia has suspended freight transportation to Italy and Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Agency has also cancelled the validity of the permits, which have already been issued. Georgia, which suspended flights with Iran in early February, also imposed restrictions for road travel with the country after the coronavirus in…
Details“Last year about 620,400 square meters of housing or 5,789 apartments were built in Turkestan region. This year it is targeted to build 670,000 square meters of housing,” head of the regional construction department Toktar Ussipaliyev has reported. Besides, 198 investment projects were carried out in 2019, and 100 projects were put on-stream. 98 projects…
Details“Shepetivka Sugar” LLC will determine the quality of “sweet” roots with the help of the first in Ukraine robotic beet laboratory. Shepetivka Sugar Refinery will meet next season not only with the European technology of sugar beet dry transportation, but also innovative technologies for determining the quality of root crops, because the company plans to…
DetailsFirst Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Pavlo Kukhta says the ministry plans to raise about $5 billion for the national budget from the sale of state-owned enterprises. “Now we are selecting the last group of enterprises subject to privatization via the State Property Fund, that is more than 300 companies. Following that,…
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