Trade between Ukraine and Poland in 2021 will exceed $10 billion for the first time ever, Ihor Baranetsky, head of the economic affairs department at the Ukrainian Embassy in Poland, has announced. “Ukraine’s trade with Poland has not only reached pre-COVID levels, but will also have record levels. This year, bilateral trade in goods will…
On December 21, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian defense ministers agreed to jointly develop a rocket artillery capability. In their joint statement, the ministers “declared their intent to engage in a joint development of regional interoperable Multiple Launch Rocket System capability”. “I cannot say specifically right now how it will look like, as we only have…
Lithuania’s state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LTG) risks falling under US sanctions as it continues to transport Belarusian fertilizers, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has warned. She was commenting on LTG’s statement that it had received an official confirmation from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that Washington’s sanctions against Belaruskali, one…
Georgian athletes have stated that Georgian sport will be left without funding if the parliament approves legislative restrictions on gambling in the country. They noted that increased taxes for the business would not allow it further sponsoring sport in Georgia and thus “will put many types of sports in a difficult situation and kill prospects…
In November, actual unemployment rate comprised 7.1%, up by 0.4% MoM. The unemployment rate for males increased by 0.3%, to 7.9% in November, while for females it rose by 0.6%, to 6.3%, according to data of the Labour Force Survey conducted by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP). The unemployment rate registered with the State Employment…
German retailer Lidl has signed contracts with 800 new employees in Estonia, thus, according to the company, the teams of the retail chain’s first eight Estonian stores have been assembled. Training for new store employees will begin in stores in January, during which they will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to perform everyday tasks,…
The head of the Civil Aviation Department, Alexander Nastayev, called on private airlines to restore air ambulance. He turned to the aviators with such a request at a meeting in Bishkek. “Unfortunately, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, we have completely lost this important service over the years. We don’t have it today. We…