As of January 1, 11 banks provided loans for a total sum of UAH 7.35 billion under state guarantees on a portfolio basis, the Finance Ministry’s press service reported. “As part of the support for micro-, small- and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine through the instrument of state guarantees on a portfolio basis, as of January…
With increased threats to state security, it will be necessary to allocate an additional EUR 350 million towards defense, said Latvian Minister of Artis Pabriks. According to him, the Ministry of Defense has compiled of list of need it would like satisfied and plans the ministry would like to see executed more quickly. The minister…
Commercial banks in Georgia loaned 43.03 billion GEL and received deposits of 37.16 billion GEL in December 2021, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) said. The volume of loans increased by 1.63 billion GEL (+3.93%) YoY. The number of deposits increased by 1.42 billion GEL (+3.96%) MoM. In December 2021, the sum of term deposits…
The average price of Estonia’s electricity in the Nord Pool area on January 26 was EUR 165.10 per megawatt-hour – over EUR 100 more than on the same day a year ago. Electricity was the cheapest in the morning between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. costing EUR 88.65 and the most expensive between 9 a.m.…
Lithuania reported inflation of 11% at the end of last year. However, the peak is yet to come, as prices are expected to increase further in February, according to the SEB bank economist Tadas Povilauskas. In 2021, the average annual inflation was 4.5%. This year, it should reach 7.2%, decreasing to 1.8% in 2023, SEB…
Ukraine is implementing 25 public sector projects worth EUR 5.2 billion in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB), according to the press service of the Finance Ministry. “Currently, the EIB’s project portfolio in the public sector includes 25 projects worth EUR 5.2 billion, three more projects worth EUR 570 million are at the stage…