Latvia recorded faster gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the average in the European Union, according to data published on March 6 by the EU’s statistical office Eurostat. According to seasonally adjusted data, Latvia’s GDP in the fourth quarter of 2025 increased by 2.5% YoY. Overall, economic…
Slovakia’s state budget deficit widened significantly in the first two months of 2026, as government spending continued to outpace revenues, according to the latest fiscal data. As of the end of February, the state budget recorded a deficit of EUR 1.44 billion, almost four times higher than the EUR 346-million shortfall recorded in January. The…
Since the beginning of the year, the budget has already received over UAH 4.2 billion of “Google Tax”. This was reported on her Facebook page by the Acting Head of the State Tax Service Lesya Karnaukh. This year’s revenues exceed the figure for January-February last year by UAH 0.7 billion. Then UAH 3.5 billion was…
A meeting of the leadership of the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine with the Japanese delegation was held in Kyiv within the framework of the JUPITeR mission. The meeting was dedicated to involving Japanese business in Ukraine’s recovery and the possibility of investing in priority areas of the economy. Ukraine was represented…
Bulgaria has effectively completed the transition period for adopting the euro, though formal legal adoption remains pending. Euro banknotes are now fully integrated into circulation, with the process secured and well-organized. According to Vladimir Ivanov, head of the Euro Mechanism and chairman of the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets, 87% of levs have…
In January, Latvia’s unemployment rate stood at 6.9%, which was higher than the average levels in both the European Union (EU) and the eurozone, according to data published on March 4 by the EU’s statistical office, Eurostat. According to the data, higher unemployment rates among EU member states in January were recorded in Finland (10.2%),…
JSC Ukrposhta, together with its employees, paid more than UAH 3.6 billion in taxes to national and local budgets last year. This was reported on Telegram by the company’s CEO, Igor Smelyansky. “Ukrposhta and its employees paid over UAH 3.6 billion in taxes to budgets at different levels for 2025. The unified social contribution amounted…