Uzbekistan and the European Union are holding the seventh round of negotiations on the trade part of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA) will replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which has been in force since 1999. Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan reported that the…
Ukraine’s local budgets received UAH 130.6 million in revenues from tourist tax in 2020. Kyiv became the leader with UAH 34.7 million in tourist tax revenues, the State Agency for Tourism Development reported with reference to data provided by the State Tax Service of Ukraine. “In total, local budgets received UAH 130,628,240 in revenues from…
In January, the consumer price index, which expressed the change in the prices of consumer goods and services, rose by 0.2% YoY, state agency Statistics Estonia reported. In addition, goods were 0.8% cheaper than in January 2020, while services were 2% more expensive. Viktoria Trasanov, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that compared to January…
Implementation of Financing of Agriculture-9 project has started in Kyrgyzstan. The corresponding decision was signed by the Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov. According to the press service of the government, the decision was made in order to successfully conduct spring fieldwork and timely finance agricultural entities. The target sectors within the project will be animal husbandry,…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) decided to increase to EUR 200,000 the e-limit on some foreign exchange transactions by individuals to transfer funds abroad or into accounts that nonresident legal entities have opened in Ukraine. The ruling came into effect on February 5. “The NBU estimates that this easing measure will not disrupt the…
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says that in order to accelerate economic growth, the Ukrainian government will continue to stimulate government programs aimed at facilitating access to financial resources. The prime minister stated this at a special gathering of business community “EBA Global Outlook 2021: the Year of Big Questions”, when asked how the government would…
Registered unemployment in Estonia increased to 8.3% in December 2020 with the largest rate of unemployment present in Ida-Viru County. The most common for unemployed persons registering with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (Tootukassa) last year was layoffs. In 2020, the fund registered a total of 110,942 unemployed people, up by 30.6% YoY. There were 87,877…