Negotiations on the opening of grain corridors are ongoing, and there are several most important steps that are not easy to reach an agreement on, including those on security guarantees for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said. Kuleba said a number of logistical details needed to be worked out in talks brokered by Turkey…
Daikin, a Japanese heat pump and air conditioning company, will build a facility in Ksawerow, central Poland, for EUR 300 million. Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, attended an inauguration ceremony of Daikin’s investment on July 7. The Japanese conglomerate’s first Polish facility will be operational in July 2024. “We want Poland to be a…
Kutaisi International Airport serviced 76,052 passengers and received 298 flights in June, marking a 21% increase in flights from the pre-pandemic period, the United Airports of Georgia said on July 7. The body noted passenger flow had “fully recovered” from the pre-pandemic figures in 2019. Five airline companies currently operate at the airport, with flights…
As many as 94% of Polish companies have felt the negative effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a government think-tank has reported. According to a research carried out by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), on July 1, 94% of Polish companies felt a “stronger or weaker” impact of the war in Ukraine on at least…
Economics Minister Sergiu Gaibu and World Bank Country Manager for Moldova Inguna Dobraja have signed an agreement, which provides for the financing for the project on Competitiveness of the Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (IMMM) worth $50 million. The project on the competitiveness of IMMM will support the access to financing for enterprises through loan…
Latvia’s Ministry of Economics predicts the national economy will increase by an average of 4.2% a year between 2022 and 2030. Between 2031 and 2040 the average growth of the national economy is expected to reach 3% annually, according to the ministry’s report on the labour market’s medium and long-term outlooks. The report explains that…
According to data provided by Statistics Estonia, the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 2.7% between May and June and by 21.9% compared with June 2021. Both goods and services were more expensive this June than during the same month last year, with a rise of 17.9% and 29.7% respectively. Viktoria Trasanov, leading analyst at…