Новости за 19.10.2017

The head of Russia’s Audit Chamber, Tatiana Golikova, reported that the regions are expecting to post a RUB1.1 trillion ($17bn) budget deficit at the year-end — significantly higher than the MinFin’s estimate of a RUB15bn deficit.

Retail sales were up and incomes continue to recover as Russia’s consumers return as modest force for an economic recovery. Nominal wage gains are slowing as companies get used to the lower inflation environment; and consumers are using more credit

Political uncertainty remains the main risk to Bosnia & Herzegovina’s medium-term outlook as the lack of agreement between entities could ...

Liberals fear the October 20-21 general election could leave the Czech Republic exposed to authoritarianism and a PM and president happy to indulge the Kremlin.

With the rapid decline of its last strong traditional party, it looks as if the country will join its neighbours in embracing populism and picking fights with Brussels.

As the blockchain craze continues in Russia, the government has announced the first project based on this technology – converting the land and property registry of all Moscow property to a blockchain.

Their leaders are among the fiercest critics of Brussels, but a new poll shows citizens of member states from CEE are more confident in the EU than their home countries.

Celebrity TV personality, journalist and socialite Xenia Sobchak announced that she is going to run for president in Russia's 2018 elections, according to a letter outlining her programme published on October 18 by the Vedomosti daily.

Two former construction ministers become the first top-level Slovak officials to receive prison sentences for corruption, as PM Robert Fico pledges new measures to tackle graft.

Lithuanian Railways (LG) will rebuild a 19-km section of rail tracks providing a shortcut to neighbouring Latvia, the company said on October 18. ...

Kazakhstan’s central bank announced on October 18 that it has approved an assistance package worth KZT410bn (€1.04bn) for ATF Bank, Eurasian ...

Nine-month figure maintains momentum of 4.2% posted for first half of year, growth very much reliant on mild Russian economic recovery and relaunch of giant Kashagan oil field.

Finance Minister Mateja Vranicar Erman will try to persuade EU officials to extend the deadline for Ljubljana to offload Slovenia's largest bank NLB after an initial privatisation attempt was cancelled earlier this year.

Deal worth €2.5bn announced by Norway’s Saga Energy group with Iranian company Amin Energy Developers shows Islamic Republic is making a late but substantial entry into renewables industry.