The European Commission has approved Latvia’s submitted Recovery and Sustainability Plan worth EUR 1.8 billion, as confirmed by EC representatives. New the European Council will need to approve the plan. Latvia’s plan for recovery and sustainability was submitted to the European Commission on April 30 for the entire available amount – EUR 1.826 billion. This…
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted a report of the National Bank on the results of work for 2020. The decision was made at its meeting. 84 members voted for and 1 against. Earlier, MP Samat Ibraev urged his colleagues not to approve the report of the National Bank and to express a vote of no…
The next meeting of the Ukraine-Georgia Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation is to be held in September, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Commission’s main task is to intensify trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, Zelensky said at a joint press conference with President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili in Kyiv. “I am…
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will help Ukrainian businesses enter alternative markets if Belarus takes unjustified restrictive measures, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (CDTO) Dmytro Senik has said this at a meeting of the Export and Investment Support Committee of the Kyiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry. During the discussion, Senik reminded that Minister for…
Estonia cannot continue with its current tax base and new taxes are needed, speaker of the Riigikogu and chairman of the Center Party Juri Ratas has said. He reemphasized the point later at a party council meeting. On June 18, Ratas was asked by presenters Timo Tarve and Ainar Ruuhar on Kuku raadio’s “Kahe vahel”…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved the Tax Administration Reform Project in Uzbekistan, which is designed to improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the State Tax Committee and deliver better services to local taxpayers. The project is to be supported by a $60-million concessional credit from the International Development Association, with…
Since the end of April, the exchange rate of the Ukrainian currency against the dollar has strengthened by almost one hryvnia, according to Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yuriy Heletiy. According to the NBU deputy governor, among the main factors that influenced the strengthening of the national currency was the reduction…