The private health insurer Dovera has agreed to buy Union Health Insurance from Dutch insurance group Achmea. If approved by regulators, the transaction will reduce the number of health insurers operating in Slovakia’s public health insurance system from three to two. The two insurers will continue operating separately until the deal receives approval from the…
A European Parliament international trade committee has approved an initiative to exempt nearly 80% of Armenian exports to the EU from customs duties. The legislative proposal on “temporary trade liberalization measures applicable to Armenian goods” was considered and adopted by the committee without objections. In early July, the European Commission formally proposed that the European…
According to the results of the first half of the year, the processing industry became the leader in the amount of taxes paid. This is 17.6% of the total amount of payments to the consolidated budget – almost every 5 hryvnia. This was reported on her Facebook page by the Acting Head of the State…
Home prices in Lithuania and Estonia have risen several times faster than the European Union average over the past five years, according to new data from the bloc’s statistics agency, Eurostat. Eurostat figures show residential property prices have increased by nearly 80% in Lithuania since the beginning of 2021, the sharpest rise among the three…
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan met with Marge Mardisalu-Kahar, Estonia’s Ambassador to Armenia, and a delegation from the Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV) to discuss expanding cooperation between Armenia and Estonia in the fields of public administration, digitalization and international trade. The deputy prime minister expressed satisfaction with the mutually beneficial cooperation established…
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and Turkey. The document creates new opportunities for Ukrainian exports, the development of the processing industry, attracting investments and integrating Ukrainian producers into regional value chains. The agreement provides for full liberalization of access to the Turkish market for 84% of Ukrainian goods.…
In January-June, the single contribution receipts for mandatory state social insurance amounted to UAH 370.7 billion. This is UAH 56.1 billion, or 17.8% more than in the same period in 2025, when UAH 314.6 billion was paid. The stable growth in single contribution receipts indicates the positive dynamics of legal employment and the responsible attitude…