On January 21, Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers decided to allocate EUR 600,000 from the state budget for emergencies to support non-government organizations (NGOs) to compensate for the negative effect of Covid-19 crisis in 2021, as reported by Culture Ministry. Because of the spread of the pandemic, restrictions put in place by the government continue causing…
The Ministry of Economy submits for public discussion the draft decree “On Approval of the Concept of Development of Creative Economy in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2021-2023”. According to the justification note, the need to create favorable conditions for the development of the sectors that make up the creative industries is stated in the National…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has instructed to prepare a draft memorandum of understanding on the settlement of problematic issues in the sector of centralized heating and hot water supplies in Ukraine. Shmyhal gave such an order during a meeting on tariff policy in the sector of centralized heating on January 20. “All branches…
In December 2020, actual unemployment rate comprised 8.3%, up by 0.4% MoM. Unemployment rate registered by the State Employment Agency (SEA) accounted for 7.7%, up by 0.3%. Unemployment rate increase may be observed when comparing the data to the December 2019 – of 1.7% in actual unemployment rate and 1.5% in registered unemployment rate, according…
“The process of automation of the Tax and Customs Services in transportation of goods will be completed,” the acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Artem Novikov, said at a meeting on elimination of smuggling schemes in moving goods and vehicles across the state border of Kyrgyzstan. According to him, Tunduk state-owned enterprise is working to provide…
Working international students and graduates paid more than EUR 13 million in tax during the academic year 2019-2020, an analysis by Statistics Estonia showed. The statistics agency’s research, carried out on behalf of the Estonian Education and Youth Authority, showed international students paid EUR 10 million in income and social tax in Estonia and international…
In 2020, Latvia’s State Revenue Service (VID) collected a total of EUR 9.863 billion for the state budget, down by EUR 640.423 million or by 6.1% from the original plan, according to information published by the service. Compared to 2019, VID’s total collected general budget revenue has dropped by EUR 53.216 million or by 0.5%.…