On December 21, Latvia’s Saeima approved urgent amendments to the Law on Unemployment Insurance in the final reading. These amendments will extend the term during which unemployment assistance benefits are paid to people who fail to find a job after the end of the unemployment benefit period. The aforementioned term is thereby extended until June…
In January-September, the volume of loans issued by financial companies in Ukraine increased by 15% YoY, to UAH 66 billion, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. At present 1,414 financial companies, pawnshops and leasing companies operate in Ukraine. During the nine months, only 396 financial companies provided loans, of which…
The volume of bilateral trade between Ukraine and Pakistan in January-September amounted to $237.5 million, up 2.3-fold YoY, Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ihor Petrashko said during a meeting with Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Ukraine Noel Israel Khokhar. “However, the potential of our cooperation is not…
Uzbekistan and Italy discussed the establishment of cooperation between the Legislation and Parliamentary Research Institute under the Oliy Majlis (parliament in Uzbekistan) and analytical divisions of the Italian Parliament, the information service of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan reported. The issue was discussed by Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis…
Tallinn city council has approved the city’s budget strategy for the period of 2021-2024 with a budget of EUR 861.5 million for 2021. The chairman of the council, Tiit Terik, said that the aim of the budget was to make sure that all residents of the city coped well regardless of their age and all…
Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ihor Petrashko held talks with Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade of Canada. The ministers discussed issues of bilateral and global cooperation and coordination, the press service of Canada’s Trade Ministry reported. “The ministers spoke about the importance of bilateral…
In 2020, budget revenues of Kyiv city have decreased by UAH 5 billion, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. “The budget of our city was growing from 2015 to 2019. This year, we have lost about UAH 5 billion, and the budget, as we see, has decreased. UAH 3 billion is the amount of income…