The overall turnover of commodities and services in foreign trade shrank by 10.5% YoY in January-October to $48.73 billion. Exports of commodities and services reduced by 11.4% YoY to $24.48 billion, and imports decreased by 9.5% to $24.24 billion. According to the NBB, the deficit of foreign trade in goods totaled $1.756 billion compared to…
The parliament has approved of the state social insurance budget in the first reading with the revenue and expenditures amounting to MDL 16,410,670,200. The revenue of the state social insurance budget will increase by MDL 1,464,985,900 or by 9.8% against the revenue approved for 2016; the expenditures will grow by MDL 1,434,575,400 or by 9.6%…
The growth of the Moldovan economy will restore, but the quality of this growth will worsen in 2016-2017, Expert-Grup forecast says. According to another edition of research “MEGA – Analysis of the economic growth in Moldova”, which the Independent Analytical Center submits twice a year, Moldova’s GDP growth in 2016 will be 3.4%, in 2017…
Over the 9 months of 2016 the sales volume in the electronic communications sector of Moldova contracted by 3% to MDL 5,047,200,000. In particular, in Q3 the total sales volume on the markets of mobile telephony, broadband Internet access, fixed telephony, fixed Internet access, audio-visual retransmission, etc. amounted to MDL 1 billion 722.1 million, down…
Several Lithuanian universities and colleges offer identical or similar study programs, but the graduates end up being on different rungs of the ladder after the graduation, career opportunities-wise and in terms of the wage. Having analyzed more than 70 study programs and specialties, Lithuanian magazine Reitingai (Ratings) has compiled the country’s Almae Matres, gauging the…
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) supports the economic reforms realized in Azerbaijan, Khaled Al-Aboodi, CEO and director general of the ICD, said. “We are ready to improve the quality of the goods produced in the country and to provide entrepreneurs with access to new technologies and markets. We are…
The European Union (EU) has allocated 14.5 million euros for Azerbaijan as part of the program on the country’s regional development, the Azerbaijani Economy Ministry said. The agreement, signed during the meeting between Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev and EU Ambassador to Azerbaijan Malena Mard, envisages twinning and technical assistance, creation of an information system…