Although last year there was a slight increase in unemployment in Latvia, the second wave of Covid-19 has yet to leave a tangible effect, said the director of the Latvian State Employment Agency (NVA) Evita Simsone. “The current unemployment level is slightly up, and so far we have yet to see any major influence from…
At least 62,958 billion soms in taxes were collected to the republican budget of Kyrgyzstan in 2020, the State Tax Service reported. The set plan was exceeded by 107.3 million soms. Compared to 2019, tax receipts to the republican budget increased by 324.7 million. “The plan on taxes has been over-fulfilled, taking into account the…
Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko said that 40.7% of the total volume of Ukrainian foreign trade in goods accounted for the countries of the European Union. “The EU is Ukraine’s main trading partner with a share of trade in goods of 40.7% of Ukraine’s total foreign trade,” Petrashko announced. According to…
Starting from February, the Central Bank of Uzbekistan will daily update the currency rate based on average prices on the stock exchange. According to Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Behzod Khamroev, currency exchanges will work daily from 10:00 to 15:00 (GMT+5). At the end of the working day, the Central Bank will update exchange…
Ukraine has to pay about $1.6 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2021, including almost $1.36 billion as repayment of the principal amount of the debt and $0.26 billion as payment of interest, Chairman of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Bohdan Danylyshyn has written on his Facebook page. “The…
The cost of fuel in Estonia has risen again after major retailers increased prices on January 12. 95 Gasoline now costs EUR 1.279 per liter at pump (up from EUR 1.259) and diesel is now EUR 1.119 (up from EUR 1.089). 98 Gasoline is now priced at EUR 1.329 per liter, a 20% increase on…
The results of the country’s socio-economic development in 2020 and the tasks for this year will be discussed at an expanded meeting of the Government at the end of January. “The meeting will be chaired by President Kassym Jomart Tokayev,” Kazakh PM Askar Mamin said. He noted that despite the significant impact of the pandemic…