Atlantic Council analyst Anders Aslund has welcomed data on economic growth in Ukraine published by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on May 15, according to the Ukrainian service of the Voice of America. “Ukraine: finally some good economic news. Gross domestic product rose a preliminary 3.1% YoY in Q1 after growing only 2.2% in…
Ukraine’s payments on the state and government-guaranteed debt by the end of 2018 will amount to UAH 325.53 billion ($12.4 billion). In particular, expenditures on repayment of debts will total UAH 204.43 billion ($7.8 billion), while those on their servicing will amount to UAH 121.10 billion ($4.6 billion), according to an updated schedule published on…
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadiy Zubko has urged the officials of small towns to properly draw up a development strategy with a specific plan of actions. He said this during the 13th annual conference of small cities on the topic “Resources: Search and Efficiency” in…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the average gross monthly income per employee in 2017 totaled EUR 1,155, up by 7.6% YoY. The fastest growth of 8.6% was registered in the income of those under 25 years of age. Last year the average gross monthly income per employee was the highest in Harju County…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman says that the introduction of new rules for the privatization of state-owned enterprises will put an end to the shadow component of this process. “The state-owned enterprises of strategic importance will not be sold. Small enterprises will be sold through an electronic auction like ProZorro absolutely openly and transparently,…
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has attracted to the state budget some UAH 997.897 million at a weekly auction to place domestic bonds. As reported on the ministry’s website, the funds were raised as a result of selling bonds with maturity of 90, 181, 272, 335 and 986 days with an average yield of…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia on May 8, the consumer price index (CPI) in April increased by 0.4% MoM and by 2.9% YoY. Compared to April 2017 goods were 3.2% and services 2.4% more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 7.6% and non-regulated prices by 1.6% compared to last…