Latvia: Belarus’ nuclear energy not to be bought

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, says Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has reassured him that his country does not intend to purchase electricity from Belarus’ Astravyets nuclear plant under construction close to the Lithuanian border. “I met with the Latvian president, the chairwoman of the Saeima and the prime minister in Aglona…

Georgia: unemployment down in Q2 2019

The unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 0.7% to 11.4% in the second quarter of 2019, said the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In Q2 the economically active population constituted 63.7% of the working age population (population aged 15 and older). “In comparison with the same quarter of the previous year, the economic activity…