Latvia: unemployment up in June 2020

In June, actual unemployment rate comprised 9.8%, up by 0.2% MoM. Unemployment rate registered by the State Employment Agency (SEA) accounted for 8.6%, and, compared to May, rose by 0.2%. Unemployment rate increase may be observed also when comparing the data to the June of the previous year – of 3.5% in actual unemployment rate…

Ukraine: population income up in 2019

Ukrainian citizens declared UAH 94.5 billion as income received in 2019, up by UAH 11 billion YoY, the press service of the State Tax Service reported. Some 505,000 declarations of income and property were submitted, according to the report. The largest amounts of revenues for the last year were declared in Kyiv City – UAH…

Ukraine: Finance Ministry attracts UAH 8.3 billion to state budget from sale of government bonds

The Finance Ministry attracted UAH 8.3 billion to the state budget following auctions on the placement of domestic government bonds on July 14, the ministry’s press service has reported on Facebook. “At auctions on the placement of domestic government bonds, the Finance Ministry offered investors three issues of hryvnia securities with a maturity of three…

Ukraine: U.S. increases COVID-19 related funding

The United States has increased COVID-19 related funding for Ukraine by $1.8 billion. “Earlier this month, the United States announced an increase in COVID-19 related funding for Ukraine, from $15.5 million to nearly $17.3 million. The newest funding of nearly $1.8 million will support the International Organization for Migration’s activities in eastern Ukraine, supporting internally…