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Grants and other liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Grants and other liabilities [Abstract] |
Grants and other non-current liabilities | Grants and other liabilities as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are as follows:
|  | Balance as of December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Grants |  |  | 1,150,805 |  |  |  | 1,225,877 |
Other liabilities |  |  | 507,321 |  |  |  | 410,183 |
Grant and other non-current liabilities |  |  | 1,658,126 |  |  |  | 1,636,060 |

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