The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has decided to allocate additional funds in the amount of UAH 175.27 million to overcome the consequences of the June flood in western regions of Ukraine, according to the press service of the Economy Ministry. The Government allocated UAH 175.268 million from the reserve fund of the state budget…
Compared to August 2019, total retail trade turnover rose by 4.4% in August 2020. Turnover of retail trade in food products grew by 4.1%. Retail trade in non-food products (except for retail sale of automotive fuel) increased by 2%, while turnover of retail sale of automotive fuel – by 11.3%, according to data from the…
The government on September 29 agreed on the state budget for 2021 with expenditures amounting to approximately EUR 13 billion and revenues at over EUR 11 billion. Funding for research will increase to 1% of GDP and pensions will rise. Prime Minister Juri Ratas (Center) said the purpose of the budget was to accelerate economic…
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Liechtenstein, Vatican, Rhodes and Malta Alibek Bakayev paid a working visit to Vaduz, Liechtenstein. At the meeting in the Liechtenstein’s Office of Foreign Affairs, the parties discussed the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation and interaction in the international arena. The most promising areas of cooperation between Kazakhstan…
In August, Ukraine’s total public and state-guaranteed debt in the national currency decreased by UAH 16.9 billion, to UAH 2,338.18 billion, the press service of the Finance Ministry reported. “In August, Ukraine’s total public and state-guaranteed debt in the national currency decreased by UAH 16.9 billion and amounted to UAH 2,338.18 billion ($85.1 billion),” the…
This week the exchange rate of the hryvnia against the U.S. dollar is expected to decrease slightly; the cash dollar in banks can be traded at UAH 28.3/28.5, according to Alpari. The company predicts that the dollar on the interbank market can be traded at about UAH 28.4 in a week, and the cash dollar…
The decline in industrial production in Ukraine in August – excluding adjustments for the calendar days effect – accelerated to 5.3% YoY after falling by 4.2% in July, the State Statistics Service reported. Taking into account the adjustment for the effect of calendar days, industrial output in August fell by 4.2%. August’s industrial output decreased…