Ukraine’s sufficient exports to global markets will be a significant anti-crisis tool amid the global price crisis, which Russia is trying to provoke. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video address. According to the President of Ukraine, an important decision of the European Union is being prepared now. The…
Poland’s central bank had at its disposal the equivalent of $166 billion at the end of 2021, up six-fold compared to 2020 and almost doubling over the last decade, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) wrote in a statement on April 28. The NBP said that Poland held a “high” – 20th – position in…
Shipping line Tallink Group doubled its revenue in the first quarter of 2021, though the company’s losses rose by nearly 15%. Tallink Group announced its Q1 results to the stock exchange on April 28, revealing that the Omicron Covid wave and the beginning of the Ukraine war made their impact known on traveler numbers and…
Lithuanian Railways (LTG), the country’s state-owned railway company, is planning to lay off around 2,000 employees until the end of the year as a result of the EU sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus in the wake of the war in Ukraine. LTG has earmarked around 6 million euros for the staff redundancy payments, the…
Strengthening governance and financial resources of the self-governing units in Georgia and the development of regions in the country are the “key strategic goals” of the 2022-2023 Action Plan for Decentralization Strategy of the Government, Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian Economy Minister, said on April 28. Following the second session of the Governmental Commission on Decentralization,…
It’s possible Latvian gross domestic product (GDP) may have increased by 4.3-5% in the first quarter when compared to the same period of 2021, according to analysts of Latvian banks. Citadele Bank economist Martins Abolins said in Q1 Latvia’s GDP growth in comparison to Q1 2021 might have been 4.5-5%. When compared to Q4 2021,…
A little over half of Lithuanians consider themselves “middle class”, according to a new survey. The figure is down from the previous poll two years ago. To be comfortably-off, Lithuanians would like their incomes to be considerably higher. In the survey commissioned by Swedbank, 55% of the respondents classified themselves as middle class (over 60%…