Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Marc Garneau agreed to negotiate on expanding the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and Canada in the fields of services and investments. This was discussed during the first phone conversation of the foreign ministers after Garneau’s appointment.…
Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, the State Statistics Service reported. The country’s GDP increased by 0.8% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarter (taking into account the seasonal factor), but decreased by 0.7% compared to…
The state budget program Financing for Emergencies will be increased by another EUR 500 million, making so that the planned funding amount for emergencies exceeds EUR 800 million this year. Initially it was planned to allocate EUR 26.73 million for emergencies for Latvia’s state budget of 2021. In January, however, Finance Ministry submitted to the…
Uzbekistan’s northeastern Jizzakh region will see the implementation of more than 500 projects worth over $3.4 billion until the end of the year. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed the projects on February 15. The total annual volume of new production facilities is to amount to $2.4 billion, with 23,000 new jobs to be created. The projects…
The Director-General of International Affairs of Ministry of Cooperative, Labor and Social Welfare said that Iran and Tajikistan would expand relations in the fields of work, employment and technical and vocational education. Although Iran and Tajikistan do not share a common border, Tajiks and Iranians share a century-old common civilization, history, culture and language, Ali…
On February 15, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Qatar Andrii Kuzmenko held a meeting with Minister of Transport and Communications of the State of Qatar H.E. Jassim Al Sulaiti. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Embassy in the State of Qatar. During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of…
Unemployment rose 16,000 to 47,900, or by 6.8%, between 2019 and 2020, state agency Statistics Estonia reported, with short-term (less than half a year unemployed) joblessness making up the bulk of that figure. Labor force participation rate stood at 71.6%, while the employment rate was 66.7%. Katriin Polluaar, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said the majority…