Tax revenue grew by nearly 20% YoY in the first quarter of 2021, the Finance Ministry reports, and totaled EUR 1.77 billion, payable to the Tax and Customs Board (MTA). The tax take increased for three consecutive months, with growth gradually accelerating largely due to the low baseline in spring 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic…
The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Kyrgyzstan offers its own variant of protection of entrepreneurs from unauthorized inspections and other pressure. The document was submitted for public discussion. It is specified that to date, 15,000 small and medium enterprises and about 400,000 individual entrepreneurs are engaged in business in the Kyrgyz Republic. “They regularly…
Ukraine’s Finance Ministry borrowed UAH 1.427 billion, or $51.595 million, to the national budget at the latest weekly auction to place government domestic loan bonds held on May 11. Funds were raised due to the placement of three hryvnia-denominated packages, the ministry’s press service reported. Packages in hryvnias were sold for UAH 480.11 million ($17.359…
Compared to April 2020, the average level of consumer prices increased by 1.7% in April 2021. Compared to April 2020, the average level of consumer prices was mainly influenced by the increase in prices of goods and services related to transport, prices of recreational and cultural goods and services, prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages,…
Imports rose by 20% YoY in March, while exports were just behind at a 19% growth, state agency Statistics Estonia reported. Increases in trade in electrical equipment, mineral products, timber and wood-based products and also transport-related items were the driving factors in the growth, the agency says. Evelin Puura, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said…
The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Kyrgyzstan outlined the main directions of reforms in management of state assets. The reform of the state property management system is determined by one of the five key areas of economic development. Its ultimate goal is to create conditions for developed market infrastructure. At the same time, minimization…
Some 401,000 people in Ukraine have the status of unemployed, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. “I get data from the State Employment Service every day. As of May 6, 401,000 people had the status of unemployed. In total, during this quarantine year, according to official figures, 1 million people received the status of unemployed.…