Speaking on France Info TV, the minister of the economy, Bruno Le Maire, used a phrase coined by the recently deceased John le Carré, calling the UK’s departure from the EU a “political, economic and historical folly,” and stating that “Brexit is madness.” Asked about the impact of a no-deal …
Read More »No ‘normal’ Christmas will be possible this year, UK finance minister warns, though families may be able to get together
“Frustrating as it is for all of us, Christmas is not going to be normal this year,” Sunak told Sky News on Sunday. At the same time, British PM Boris Johnson is “looking at ways to see how families can spend time with each other,” the minister added. Christmas celebrations …
Read More »France to ‘strengthen’ control on funding of Islamist groups, finance minister says after teacher killed in terrorist attack
Speaking on France 3 TV channel, Le Maire said that he will prepare “proposals to strengthen the control over financial flows” of Islamist groups. “There is a problem of financing a number of Islamist associations on which I think we can and must do better,” he said. Le Maire’s statement …
Read More »Israel extends coronavirus lockdown as finance minister warns of businesses ‘collapsing’
The country’s coronavirus cabinet met late into Tuesday night to discuss an exit plan from the lockdown, re-imposed in September amid a wave of new infections, but decided the measures would remain in force over the weekend. “The decision to ease restrictions and allow for a gradual exit from the …
Read More »The Ministry of Finance proposed to reduce the cost of the state Duma and the Federation Council
The Ministry of Finance of Russia proposed 2021-2023 years to reduce the costs of the State Duma and the Federation Council to 1.9 billion rubles. About it writes RIA Novosti with reference to the document “Methodology of calculation of the maximum baseline budget appropriations of the Federal budget on state …
Read More »Kudrin “revealed” one of the major risks in the Russian Finance
The Chairman of the accounts chamber of the Russian Federation Alexey Kudrin considers the dominance of large state institutions one of the main risks on the Russian financial market. Such opinion he expressed today in the Federation Council. As suggested by the head of the control Department, “stability in the …
Read More »Kudrin “revealed” one of the major risks in the Russian Finance
The Chairman of the accounts chamber of the Russian Federation Alexey Kudrin considers the dominance of large state institutions one of the main risks on the Russian financial market. Such opinion he expressed today in the Federation Council. As suggested by the head of the control Department, “stability in the …
Read More »Paper US again in honor of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Russia increased its investments in us securities in October of this year to 622 million to $ 10,697 billion. Such data contains in published this week the Finance Ministry of the USA. Of this amount, short-term bonds have 8,127 billion. Long — term-of 2.57 billion, said TASS. And this is …
Read More »The Finance Ministry proposes c of the new year to introduce a tax for self-employed in 19 regions
The Finance Ministry has proposed to extend from 1 January 2020 the experiment on taxation of self-employed. The draft amendments to the law published on the portal of projects of normative acts, it is said that a pilot project should include another 19 regions. “Begin the experiment by establishing a …
Read More »The Finance Ministry predicted a further drop in income of Russians
The Ministry considers that the real incomes of Russians in 2019 will continue to fall. In particular, this happens because of the need to pay interest on loans. “In General, the results of current year growth of real gross wages and salaries is projected at 1.5%. At the same time, …
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