Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde, the press service of the Ukrainian president has said. “Petro Poroshenko and Christine Lagarde coordinated steps within the development of further cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program”, a…
This year, Latvia climbed to the third place among countries of continental Europe in regards to loans issued online. France and Germany are ahead of Latvia in this industry. Thanks to rapid development of two financial technologies companies Twino and Mintos in the past two years, Latvia has become one of the leaders in alternative…
Excise taxes on oil products in Moldova will increase more than expected in the next three years. This is stipulated by the fiscal policy for 2017 passed by the Parliament of Moldova in the final reading. In particular, in 2017 the excise rate was going to grow from MDL 4,137 to MDL 4,503 per ton…
The E.U. has official prolonged its anti-Russian sanctions for six months until July 3, 2017 from December 31, 2016, the E.U. Council said in a statement. “Having assessed the implementation of the Minsk agreements at the European Council meeting of December 15, the E.U. heads of state and government paved the way to renew the…
The members of Riigikogu passed on December 19, a series of tax changes pushed for by the new Estonian government that set forth increasing excise tax for fuel, light alcohol and raising considerably level of income exempt from income tax. The proposals adopted by 55 votes for and 37 against cancel the 0.5% cut in…
The Azerbaijani parliament adopted a set of amendments to the country’s tax legislation, which will come into effect on January 1, 2017. The amendments include the taxation of operations with offshore companies, limiting cash payments made by big entrepreneurs, operating in trade and public catering, to 30,000 manats per month, the taxation of legal entities…
Azerbaijan’s economic model covering the last 10 years has proved to be valuable, Shahmar Movsumov, executive director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ), reported. “Over the last decade, this economic model has turned Azerbaijan into a completely new country and helped create modern infrastructure. However, in the new economic environment this model ceased…