The Estonian government at an extraordinary meeting on September 27 approved the 2018 state budget bill, which set out the first ever Estonian state budget to exceed EUR 10 billion. This marks the first full-length budget of the coalition government that took office in November 2016. The activities financed from the budget support the four…
Turkmenistan has proposed to host a summit of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) founding state heads in 2018. Ashgabat’s Permanent Representative to the UN Aksoltan Atayeva, addressing a general political discussion at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, called on the international community to more actively address environmental issues,…
The funds in the amount of $1.32 billion from placing sovereign eurobonds due in 2032 for $3 billion were sent to the account of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, the Finance Ministry has reported on its website. The ministry said that the deal to purchase eurobonds due in 2019 and 2020 for $1.68 billion…
Tajikistan’s draft state budget for 2018 was coordinated with the profile departments and submitted for consideration to the Standing Committee on Budget under the government of Tajikistan. After being studied and approved by the government, the draft state budget will be sent to the lower house of parliament for approval. The revenue part of the…
Armenia has joined the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless (electronic) Trade in Asia and the Pacific. The corresponding document was signed by foreign minister Edward Nalbandian on the sidelines of the 72nd session of UN General Assembly on September 22. E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting…
Ukrainian government considers machine-building one of the most important integrated industries on which Ukraine’s further economic success depends, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said in his greeting address on the occasion of Machine Engineers Day, the government press service reports. “Ukraine’s considerably experienced machine engineers develop and design complex systems and devices: home appliances and radio…
Shadow economy in Ukraine fell by 6% YoY in the first quarter of 2017, to 37% of GDP, according to the analytical report published on the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry’s website. The ministry noted that the de-shadowing stemmed directly from ensuring macroeconomic stabilization and economic growth, wage growth against the backdrop of reducing…