A Georgia-Japan business forum was held in Tokyo, where Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Economy Minister Giorgi Kobulia introduced Japanese business society to Georgia’s investment climate and business opportunities. Bakhtadze said that Georgia was remarkably attractive for international investments. “Our market is fully open, our economy is liberal and our location is strategic”, said…
An auction for placement of 15 million manats worth mid-term bonds of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance will be held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) on March 19. Some 1.5 million securities at a par value of 100 manats each and a maturity period of 1,092 days will be put up for the auction. The…
Economic results of Kyrgyzstan’s development have been encouraging for the second month in a row. GDP is growing, as is the industry. But the prices, on the contrary, fell slightly. According to the National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan, in January-February, Kyrgyzstan’s GDP amounted to 63,09.3 billion soms, up by 4.9% YoY. In February, the economic…
Latvian Interior Affairs Minister Sandis Girgens wants to increase wages for the “least paid people” employed in the interior affairs sector. For example, the plan is to equalize the wages of police cadets, which is currently EUR 450, to the lowest wage in the country’s National Armed Forces, which is EUR 520. At the same…
Revenues of the state budget in February amounted to UAH 70.3 billion, up by 24.9% YoY, according to the press service of the Finance Ministry. “In February, according to the data provided by the State Treasury Service, revenues of the state budget (general and special funds) amounted to UAH 70.3 billion, or 108.6% of the…
The European Commission cooperates with Tajikistan at the centralized, regional, subregional and national levels with projects managed from Brussels and Dushanbe. The European Union (EU) may allow a duty-free supply of Tajik products to the European market in exchange for labor protection, the environment, and efficient management. Head of the State Committee on Investments and…
Georgia’s economy is growing steadily, show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in January equaled 3.5% YoY. Last month the estimated real growth, compared to the same period of the previous year, was posted in the following activities: trade; hotels and…