Uzbekistan: gold reserves up in January 2021

Uzbekistan’s foreign exchange reserves as of February 1 amounted to $34.3 billion, according to the updated data of the central bank. That is $500,000 more than at the beginning of the year. The decline has happened following a $700-million reduction in foreign currency. Meanwhile, Uzbekistan has managed to increase its gold reserves by 0.3 million…

Ukraine: GDP down in Q4 2020

Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, the State Statistics Service reported. The country’s GDP increased by 0.8% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarter (taking into account the seasonal factor), but decreased by 0.7% compared to…

Tajikistan: cooperation with Iran on labor market and employment to be expanded

The Director-General of International Affairs of Ministry of Cooperative, Labor and Social Welfare said that Iran and Tajikistan would expand relations in the fields of work, employment and technical and vocational education. Although Iran and Tajikistan do not share a common border, Tajiks and Iranians share a century-old common civilization, history, culture and language, Ali…