Kyrgyzstan: 79,400 unemployed registered in Q1 2019

In January-March at least 74,900 unemployed people were officially registered in Kyrgyzstan, the National Statistical Committee reports. About 99,500 people are registered with the State Employment Service as searching for a job. Compared with 2018, the figure increased by 19.2%, while the number of unemployed increased by 28.3%. Most of the unemployed live in Jalal-Abad…

Ukraine: capital investments up in Q1 2019

The growth of capital investments in Ukraine made up 21.7% in the first quarter of 2019, according to data provided by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. In particular, Ukraine received UAH 108.3 billion in capital investments in January-March, up by 21.7% YoY. The largest investments in the first quarter were made in the country’s…

Lithuania: anti-money laundering tactics changed

In a change of anti-money laundering tactics, Lithuania’s authorities open pre-trial investigations even if there are only suspicions about the origin of money, Mindaugas Petrauskas, deputy director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNNT), said. According to him, the state received 4 million euros in extra revenue last year, even though the investigations were discontinued.…