In the coming years Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) may encourage allocating state budget funding to regional political parties. The Corruption Prevention and Combating Action Plan 2021-2023 composed by KNAB details that currently state budget funding is provided to political parties that received votes from more than 2% of voters in the last…
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover plummeted to $4.5 million in January-February, or by 23.8% YoY. The exports amounted to almost $1.5 million, down by 43.2%. Imports comprised $3.02 million. Uzbekistan’s largest trading partners were China ($908.5 million), Russia ($843.9 million), Kazakhstan ($585.6 million) and Turkey ($404 million). Trade turnover with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) soared…
Political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Egypt, co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Senik and Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt for European Affairs Ambassador Badr Abdel Atty, were held in Cairo on April 5. “The parties discussed a wide range of issues of Ukrainian-Egyptian cooperation in…
Belarus and Tajikistan should intensify efforts to implement mutually beneficial projects in agriculture and manufacturing, Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Krupko said at the 14th session of the Belarus-Tajikistan intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation in Dushanbe. “At the moment, our task is to maintain momentum in bilateral trade, increase the share of science-intensive…
The Estonian arm of Nasdaq’s Baltic services saw its record for the number of transactions crushed over the last year, leading to an influx of small investors and Estonian companies taking themselves to the public market. In 2020, the number of transactions on Nasdaq Tallinn’s exchange grew more than 5-fold YoY. The number of accounts…
The growth of salaries and retail trade in Ukraine in February shows that consumer sentiment is improving, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “The average salary in February was 12.5 thousand hryvnias. Considering inflation, salaries rose by 7.6% YoY. In addition, retail trade in February increased by 5.6% (an increase of 3.5% in January). Such…
Ukraine’s exports to the UK grew by 38% YoY in the first quarter of 2021, while IT services exceeded traditional export groups. “In the first quarter of this year, our exports to the UK grew by 38%. I do not know whether it is the result of signing of the Political, Free Trade and Strategic…