As of July 1 the number of hired employees in the Azerbaijani economy increased by 4.4% and exceeded 1.6 million people compared to the same period of 2018, the State Statistics Committee reported. Some 903,400 of people were employed in the public sector, while 710,300 people – in the private sector. Of the total number…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes that Ukraine and Turkey will sign a free trade agreement soon. He said this at a joint briefing with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. “Cooperation between our countries is extremely rich. We will hold the eighth meeting of the Ukraine-Turkey High-Level Strategic Council in Kyiv…
Local and Russian enterprises and businessmen demonstrate continuous interest in cooperation due to similar business structures, preferential tax and customs regimes and availability of different transport routes which ease logistics issues. Business people from Tyumen, Russia, who will be in Baku on August 11-16, plan to establish ties with potential partners from Azerbaijan. The visit,…
Armenia’s economic activity index grew by 6.5% YoY in January-June, according to official data published by the National Statistical Committee. In particular, the service sector grew by 15.3%, trade turnover by 8.9% and the industrial output by 6.9%. In January-June construction volumes increased by 4.7%. Consumer price index grew by 2% and the agricultural output…
According to the information released by Statistics Estonia on August 7, the consumer price index (CPI) in July fell by 0.1% MoM, but increased by 2.1% YoY. Goods were 2% and services 2.2% more expensive in July. Regulated prices of goods and services fell by 1.1%, while non-regulated prices increased by 3%. Compared to July…
As of July 1 the tax liabilities amounted to 4,483.6 billion soms in Kyrgyzstan, the State Tax Service of the republic reported. The fiscal authorities have carried out work on the enforced collection of tax debts for six months. As a result, the budget received 2,549 billion soms that is 733.1 million soms, up by…
The self-employment program covered 6,000 families in Azerbaijan in 2018, which were provided with the assets to create small and medium-sized enterprises, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Sahil Babayev said. Babayev made the remarks in Baku at the meeting related to the socio-economic sphere and chaired by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.…