In the four months of 2022, the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU) received UAH 171.9 billion, including UAH 113.7 billion of own revenues. The PFU received UAH 113.7 billion from the single social contribution and other payments in January-April. Another UAH 58.2 billion came from the state budget to finance pensions and one-time benefits in…
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has withdrawn a consignment of apple and cherry juice from sale. According to ANSA, the food sector operator, Kaufland Ltd, initiated the procedure of withdrawal of the product, Vreau din Romania Suc de mere si visine 3L (Willing Apple and Cherry Juice from Romania 3L) from the trade network…
Operational data on the airport performance showed that this April, more than 419 thousand passengers used Riga Airport; in turn, in the first four months of the year the airport serviced over 1.1 million passengers. “The increase in the number of passengers in April is related to both new and renewed routes from Riga at…
The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda said that its first-quarter cargo traffic declined by 13.7% YoY, to 9.7 million tons. Algis Latakas, the port’s CEO, said that he expected container shipments via Klaipeda to continue growing at a fast rate this year. Container (TEU) loadings in Klaipeda almost doubled in the first three months to 218,000…
The Energy Ministry has drafted legislation banning Russian natural gas supplies to Lithuania. If passed, the amendments to the Law on Natural Gas will bar access to Lithuania’s gas transmission system and its LNG terminal to suppliers from countries deemed as posing a threat to national security. The ban will not apply to gas transit…
The National Bank of Poland (NBP) has over EUR 140 billion in foreign currency reserves, nearly twice as much as 10 years ago, the bank’s president has written in a weekly magazine. Writing in the “Wszystko co najwazniejsze” (“Everything that’s most important”) opinion magazine, published by the New Media Institute Foundation, Adam Glapinski argued that…
The Georgian National Food Agency has fined 20 slaughterhouses across the country for violating hygienic norms. In its reveal of the inspection results, the Agency said inspection of slaughterhouses as “high-risk facilities” for health matters was its priority. A total of 302 state controls have been carried out in slaughterhouses across Georgia so far this…