Moldova: state railway launches train for refugees

The Railway of Moldova state enterprise (CFM) has made available a train with 11 carriages for the transportation of more than 1,200 refugees from Ukraine, who have entered through the border crossing point Otaci-Mohyliv-Podilskyi. The train will arrive in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi station at around 21:30 and will go to Ungheni and other destinations, such as…

Estonia: average monthly gross wages up in 2021

Wage growth recovered last year following the slowdown of 2020, reaching the pre-pandemic levels, the state agency Statistics Estonia reported. The average monthly gross wages and salaries across all sectors in Estonia stood at EUR 1,548 in 2021, up by 6.9% YoY. Argo Tarkiainen, Statistics Estonia analyst, said that, last year so far as sectors…

Lithuania: tourism sector already touched by war in Ukraine

Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the closure of airspace to Russian aircraft have already affected Lithuania’s tourism sectors, its representatives have said. “Reservations are being cancelled, especially from distant countries, as well as from so-called old Europe. Practically, the May trips to our region have been cancelled,” Zydre Gaveliene, head of the National Association…