Information and Communications Minister Dauren Abayev described the Astana Hub work. “On November 6 the Head of State attended the presentation of the Astana Hub International Technology Park. Two acceleration programs carried out there helped select more than 20 startup projects with investments attracted up to KZT 49 million,” the minister said. According to him,…
The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Serbia has grown by 33% this year, Economy Ministry reported. The ministry was commenting on the fifth meeting of the Azerbaijan-Serbia intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation. Prior to the meeting of the intergovernmental commission with the participation of delegations led by co-chairs of the commission – Azerbaijani…
In 2019-2020 Ukraine should pay off about $12 billion in foreign debt, including interest payments. “We do not have access to other funding channels without the IMF program, namely the funds from the European Union, the World Bank. Therefore, the proposal to sign a new program with the IMF is economically feasible,” Governor of the…
Armenia’s macroeconomic performance has been satisfactory, and the financial system has been stable in 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) of the country. Armenia’s financial system has expanded further since the 2012 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). According to the IMF, Armenia’s banking…
The trade turnover between Ukraine and Lithuania in 2017 increased by more than 40% YoY and in January-September 2018 – by more than 17%, Ukraine’s First Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv wrote on his Facebook page. “I’m participating in the 4th Ukrainian-Lithuanian Economic Forum, which gathered over 400…
The average monthly salary in Ukraine amounted to UAH 9,063 in the third quarter of 2018, up by 24.7% YoY, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The highest average monthly salary in the third quarter was recorded in the air transport industry (UAH 39,439; +11%), in the financial and insurance sectors (UAH 16,205;…
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) received 350 million manats from banks at a deposit auction on December 3, CBA said in a message. According to the message, the demand at the auction amounted to 1.079 billion manats. The weighted average interest rate on deposit transactions concluded within the auction was 7.76%. The CBA has…