Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov and China’s Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong have discussed the further development of Ukrainian-Chinese cooperation in the political, economic and security spheres, noting that the trade between the two countries in 2019 amounted to $12.8 billion, the NSDC’s press service has reported. The parties…
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, about 300,000 people have been employed in Ukraine, testifying to progress in the implementation of a program to create half a million jobs. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, about 300,000 people have been employed through employment centers in agriculture, processing industry and trade sector. This can be…
More than 56% of the population made an online purchase in the last three months and spending has increased. More than half of companies, which use the Internet, are using paid-for cloud services. Newly released data from Statistics Estonia showed that 56.5% of the population aged 16-74 used e-commerce in the last three months. Compared…
Tartu has generated EUR 800,000 less income than its expenditures over the period of January-August and has reported a total revenue of EUR 124.7 million, the city’s government says, representing 71% of the amount budgeted for the year. The largest single item, at EUR 60.6-million revenue over the eight-month period, was personal income tax. The…
The volume of money transfers to Georgia in August was $184.2 million, up by 25.8% YoY, said the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). More than one-third of money transfers came in from the European Union: EU countries – $74.53 million (40.46%) and other countries – $109.68 million (59.54%). The largest countries, from which money transfers…
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin has urged the Government to bend every effort to support the industries with the most stable domestic and external demand. At the September 15 session of the Government, Premier Mamin said amid the high level of instability on the foreign markets it was crucial to bend every effort to…
Ukraine’s draft state budget for 2021 provides for a reduction in the national debt by 3.4%, to 64.6% of GDP, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said. He said this at a press briefing on the draft state budget for 2021 on September 14. “We envisage a 3.4% reduction in the national debt next year, to…