United States authorities have listed key reforms that Ukraine should implement to improve the business climate and raise American investment. Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin had a telephone conversation with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia David De Falco, the Foreign Ministry’s press service reported. In particular, the two…
A meeting of Tajik Deputy Finance Minister, Yusuf Majidi, with Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy for International Affairs, Mohammad Ali Farahnakian, took place in Dushanbe on April 15. According to the Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the two reportedly discussed issues related to further expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran.…
The amount of cash in circulation in Latvia has leveled out as a result of borders becoming closed following the start of Covid-19 pandemic, as reported by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FID) manager Ilze Znotina. “We believe it is related to large amounts of cash being carried over the border. We have informed the State…
Tax take from Estonia’s e-residency system rose by around a third YoY in 2020, the state agency Enterprise Estonia reported, a record year in terms of direct economic impact since the system was launched in 2014. Companies set up by individuals all over the world who are registered e-residents paid in close to EUR 17.5…
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is interested in implementing joint infrastructure projects with U.S. companies, in particular in the field of railway transport, Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Kryklii has said during an online meeting with representatives of the U.S. Wabtec Corporation. Kryklii stressed that the implementation of projects in the field of railway transport…
New opportunities for Estonian businesses have emerged during the COVID-19 crisis, as global supply chains get shorter and become more regional, Governor of the Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) Madis Muller has said at a conference on economic security. Muller said there was a global trend in shortening the supply chains for the production of…
Because of Covid-19 crisis there are sometimes major price differences for the same goods in different shops in Latvia, says Agricultural Market Promotion Centre (LTVC) manager Inguna Gulbe. “Covid-19 has polarized the population in Latvia even more. The rich and the poor are even more far-apart. The gap has expanded uncontrollably. Previously Latvia’s political stage…