In the third quarter, there were 54,300 unemployed persons in Estonia, up by 4,900 QoQ, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The labor force participation rate was 71.8%, the employment rate was 66.3% and the unemployment rate was 7.7%. Leading analyst at Statistics Estonia Eveli Voolens said the unemployment rate was 3.8% higher than in the…
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar Andrii Kuzmenko has held a meeting with H.E. Mohammed Bin Ahmed Towar Al Kuwari, Vice-President of Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI). During the meeting, the parties discussed the state of bilateral trade and economic cooperation and prospects for its expansion. They also outlined possible joint actions…
Changes have been made to the state program of “Produce in Georgia” that will benefit local event companies and farmers, Economy Minister Natia Turnava has announced. Following the changes, event companies will also be involved in a credit guarantee mechanism that will enable them to get subsidized bank loans for 12 months. Turnava said this…
Consumer inflation in Ukraine accelerated to 2.6% in annual terms in October (from 2.3% in September). Prices rose by 1.0% in monthly terms, according to the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). “Actual consumer inflation corresponded to the trajectory of the forecast published in the October Inflation Report. The weakening of the…
Since 1993, US Agency for International Development (USAID) has partnered with the people and government of Uzbekistan to diversify the country’s economy, increase regional trade, address serious health threats, improve learning opportunities for students and build the government’s capacity to respond to the population’s needs, Information Officer of US Embassy in Tashkent Susannah Wood reports.…
On November 11, Latvian Saeima’s Budget and Finance Committee supported for the final reading amendments to the Law on Social Security that provided for defining minimal income thresholds, their lowest volumes and the frequency of their review. The legislative draft has been included in the state budget legislative package. The legislative draft currently states that…
The finance committee of the Estonian parliament at a sitting on November 10 voted on the amendments submitted to next year’s state budget and agreed to send the draft to the second reading at a plenary sitting on November 18. Finance committee chairman Aivar Kokk said the 44 proposed amendments were discussed and a consolidated…