Prices of vegetables, meat, fruit and grapes have increased in Georgia, show the latest inflation data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In April the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 0.7%. The prices in the group increased for the subgroups of: vegetables (5.6%), fruit and grapes (5%) and meat (1%).…
The average monthly wage for civil servants in Estonia stood at EUR 2,433 in 2018, up by 11% YoY. This covers all public sector employees across the country, in both central government and local government-related organizations, as well as other bodies. Whereas ministry bureaucrats were paid an average of EUR 1,754 per month this time…
Since the launch of the ProZorro system in Ukraine, small-scale privatization has already brought UAH 1 billion to the budgets of all levels, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Saienko has written on Facebook. “One billion hryvnias! This is the sum transferred to the budgets of all levels over nine months since the start…
The proposed amendments to the Tax Code plan a 23% flat income tax, which in turn will reduce year-by-year and reach 20%, Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan told lawmakers at hearings of the economic affairs committee. A representative of a civil society organization asked the official, which countries they’d observed in terms of experience…
The National Bank predicts that the volume of international reserves will remain at the level of about $21-22 billion in the coming years, NBU Governor Yakiv Smoliy declared. According to him, the key task for Ukraine is to continue cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and other financial organizations. At the same time, the main…
Industrial output in Ukraine grew by 2.1% YoY in March without taking into account the adjustment for the calendar day effect, after a 1.8% fall in February. The growth in industrial output in March, with the calendar day adjustment, accelerated to 2.7% after a 1.8% decline in February, the Ukrainian State Statistics Service said on…
In January-March, 48,195 tax payments were made to the budget for 65.3 million soms through peripheral devices (mobile wallets and POS terminals), the State Tax Service reports. According to the service, most of the payments were made through payment terminals – 36,958 payments for 34.3 million soms. 5,370 payments for 27.5 million soms went through…