Nine representative bodies of Estonia’s manufacturing industry and the Estonian Employers’ Confederation jointly addressed the government protesting against a planned excise tax hike on natural gas. “During the next four years, the gas excise tax will increase so much that energy-intensive industries will lose out on almost the entire leading edge that the fall in…
Slowdown of the global economy’s development, deterioration of the macroeconomic indicators affected Azerbaijani economy as well, the country’s parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov said. He made the remarks at a plenary session of Azerbaijani Parliament during the discussion of the country’s draft state budget and the concept of socio-economic development for 2017 and the next three…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Azerbaijan, a source in the country’s government reported. ADB offers to support business by opening credit lines for local banks. “Thus, the ADB wants to provide support to banks in Azerbaijan and contribute to the development of SMEs”, said the…
The government of Ukraine plans to conclude a revised Agreement on Mutual Promotion and Protection of Investments with the government of Turkey, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine reports. “We’ve agreed with the Turkish side on the main provisions of the draft agreement, which foresees the most-favored procedure for investors of both countries…
In an auction held on December 6, by Azerbaijan’s State Committee on Property Issues, 12 state properties were sold as part of a new privatization program. The privatized properties are located in Baku, Shirvan, Sabirabad and Saatli. There are 5 vehicles among the privatized properties. The next auction, to be held on December 13, will…
Fitch Ratings has assigned Armenian capital city of Yerevan Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of “B+” and a Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR of “B”. The Outlooks on the Long-Term IDRs are Stable. The ratings reflect Yerevan’s status as Armenia’s capital, satisfactory budgetary performance, supported by steady transfers from the central government,…
The Belarusian-American forum of small and medium-sized businesses will be held in Philadelphia in the first half of 2017. This matter was discussed during the Eurasian-American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference in Philadelphia, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus reported. Senior counselor of the Belarusian Embassy in the United States Sergei Nagorny…