Since the beginning of the war, international partners have provided more than $2 billion and EUR 1 billion in assistance to Ukraine. As the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said in his address, the amount includes the assistance from the IMF ($1.4 billion), macro-financial assistance from the European Union (the budget has already…
In January-February, the port of Riga handled 3.51 million tons of cargo, up by 2.5% YoY. According to the port’s statistics, grain-handling fell by 37.5%, to 351.6 thousand tons, oil products – – by 32%, to 292.7 thousand tons, metal scrap and metals – by 55.7%, to 22.6 thousand tons. Handling of chemical cargo rose…
The Construction Cost Index in Georgia increased by 13.6% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) announced on March 24. The increase in construction cost was mainly influenced by price changes for the following groups: construction materials – 9.64%, wages…
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications is working on plans to mitigate the impact of declining trade flows between Russia and Belarus, and ports in Estonia. While shipping of Russian origin had not made up a significant part of trade totals in Tallinn prior to the sanctions issued in the wake of Russia’s invasion…
On March 24, Vilnius City Council decided to provide a one-off payment of 252 euros for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The one-off payment will be available to people who have fled Ukraine as a result of the Russian aggression and settled in Vilnius. They will be able to receive the allowance before they…
The Cabinet of Ministers ruled to extend the right to annual material assistance for the spouses and parents of the participants who died while fulfilling the duty in the combat actions for the defense of Moldova’s territorial integrity and independence, participants who died while fulfilling their duty in Afghanistan and the participants in the relief…
Lithuania’s state-owned gas supply company Ignitis says it will stop buying Gazprom’s gas and will make no payments to the Russian government-owned group after president Pootin said Russia would only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to EU countries. “We are not planning any payments to Gazprom, so it is not relevant for us,”…