Continuing established cooperation, State Revenue Service and Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Latvia will form a joint work group to propose legislative initiatives, SRS representatives say. On August 11, SRS met with leading officials of LVRA. According to SRS, the meeting helped address several important cooperation matters. An agreement was also reached in regards…
World Bank (WB) forecasts the grow of 0.5% to 1% of the Azerbaijan’s economy in 2018, head of the bank’s Baku office Naveed Hassan Naqvi said. This year, Azerbaijan’s economy will probably contract by 1-1.5%, he said. “Unfortunately, Azerbaijan is overly dependent on oil,” he noted. “Nonetheless, oil prices decline and subsequent devaluation of the…
The issues of improving the pricing policy in Turkmenistan were discussed at the meeting of the country’s Cabinet of Ministers. Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Bashim Khojamammadov said at the meeting that it was envisaged to entrust several structures with the compilation of price digests for the respective types of goods in this sphere. Moreover, an…
Money supply in Ukraine in July grew by 1%, to UAH 1.115 trillion, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported. The central bank said that the pace was linked to the increase in off-bank cash by 1.3%, to UAH 311.639 billion, and deposits in the national currency by 0.9%, to UAH 802.786 billion. The…
Unemployment in Latvia was 7.2% at the beginning of July and 7.1% at the end. This is the lowest unemployment index in the country since 2009, according to data from the State Employment Agency. Compared with June, the country’s unemployment level has declined by 0.1% over the course of a single month. There were 66,708…
Turkmen Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting with the Georgian delegation headed by country’s Deputy Finance Minister Nikoloz Gagua, in Ashgabat. The sides discussed issues of trade and economic relations, as well as possibilities of major strategic projects in this area. “The Turkmen side expressed its commitment to the development of cooperation with the countries of…
Industrial prices in Ukraine in July decreased by 0.6%, while in June they fell by 0.6%, in May by 1.3% and increased in April by 1.6% and in March by 3.5%, the State Statistics Service has said. Industrial prices growth in July to July 2016 slowed to 23.3% from 26.3% in June, 27.1% in May,…