STOCKHOLM (dpa-AFX) - Sweden's economic confidence improved in February, data from the National Institute of Economic Research showed on Thursday.The economic tendency indicator rose to 103.6
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took to his Twitter account to call for further economic and political reforms, changes in the field of education, health, digitalization, human rights, and environment, Kazinform reports.
HKTDC welcomes economic recovery measures in 2021/22 Budget
Supporting SMEs to find new opportunities amid pandemic
HONG KONG, Feb 24, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) welcomes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) 2021/22 Budget, including the additional funding to the Council, to help revive the economy and support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tackle the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. The Budget was announced by the HKSAR Financial Secretary Paul Chan earlier today.
HKTDC Chairman Dr Peter K N Lam said: We welcome the economic recovery measures announced in the Budget, including fee waivers, tax reduction and optimising the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme which would help relief the pressure on cash flow for SMEs. The Government s injection of new capital into the Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestic Sales (BUD Fund) and expansion of geographical coverage wi
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 - 9:53
Bilateral talks between the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa were held at Temple Trees yesterday.
Following the discussions, several Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed between the Governments of Sri Lanka and Pakistan and the Prime Ministers of the two countries issued a joint statement.
The Prime Minister said that the way in which the Prime Minister of Pakistan had been elevated to the top by empowering the people through his many years of political activism was remarkable.
The Prime Minister also stated that the measures taken to empower the grassroots and underprivileged people are intertwined with the policies of his government. Later, the two Prime Ministers held a joint press conference.