Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadiy Zubko has urged the officials of small towns to properly draw up a development strategy with a specific plan of actions. He said this during the 13th annual conference of small cities on the topic “Resources: Search and Efficiency” in…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the average gross monthly income per employee in 2017 totaled EUR 1,155, up by 7.6% YoY. The fastest growth of 8.6% was registered in the income of those under 25 years of age. Last year the average gross monthly income per employee was the highest in Harju County…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman says that the introduction of new rules for the privatization of state-owned enterprises will put an end to the shadow component of this process. “The state-owned enterprises of strategic importance will not be sold. Small enterprises will be sold through an electronic auction like ProZorro absolutely openly and transparently,…
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has attracted to the state budget some UAH 997.897 million at a weekly auction to place domestic bonds. As reported on the ministry’s website, the funds were raised as a result of selling bonds with maturity of 90, 181, 272, 335 and 986 days with an average yield of…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia on May 8, the consumer price index (CPI) in April increased by 0.4% MoM and by 2.9% YoY. Compared to April 2017 goods were 3.2% and services 2.4% more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 7.6% and non-regulated prices by 1.6% compared to last…
Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves exceeded $7 billion as of May 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) reported. According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, totaled $7.038 billion (in…
Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service (SFS) reimbursed UAH 43.6 billion worth of value added tax (VAT) in January-April, the SFS press service has reported on its Facebook page. “UAH 43.6 billion worth of VAT was reimbursed to taxpayers in January-April. Compared to the respective period last year, the amount of compensation grew by 14.7%, or by…