In connection with the novel coronavirus outbreak in Estonia, online stores are seeing a significant increase in orders. Barbora, the online store owned by retailer Maxima Group, is also now offering contactless home delivery to its customers in order to combat the spread of the virus. If a customer has chosen contactless delivery at online…
On March 11, H.E. Mr. Berik Aryn, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia, met with H.E. Dr. Khaled bin Sulaiman Alkhudairy, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). During the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to the participation of the SFD in the implementation of significant development and infrastructure…
During the development of the 2020 budget for Latvia, parties forming the coalition conceptually agreed on an increase of wages for teachers starting with September 1, as reported by Education and Science Ministry. To discuss Education and Science Ministry’s planned steps towards increasing teachers’ wages, minister Ilga Suplinska and ministry representatives plan to meet with…
The aim of the government’s economic policy to deal with coronavirus should be to prevent a wave of bankruptcies among companies and a rise in unemployment caused by temporary problems, the Bank of Estonia said in a report released on March 12. “The economic policy objective of mitigating the impact of the virus is to…
Last year North Kazakhstan region worked at 49 projects to be financed through public-private partnerships. As a result, 34 agreements were concluded at large. This year the region targets to realize 77 projects in six sectors. According to preliminary data, the projects will let attract about KZT 18 billion. Last year 34 PPP agreements were…
As of March 1, funds accumulated by the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine amounted to UAH 11.26 billion, according to the fund’s press service. “The total amount of funds accumulated by the Fund as of March 1, made up UAH 11,256.7 million. In January-February, revenues to the Fund from regular fees totaled UAH 1,005.8 million,”…
Imports of goods rose by 9% YoY, in January, whereas exports fell by 1%, according to new figures from government agency Statistics Estonia. While overall exports declined, there was an increase in the exports of agricultural products and food preparations, and in particular, cereals, Statistics Estonia said. Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to EUR 1.14…