The United States has transferred another $1.7 billion in grant assistance to Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has written on Twitter. “$1.7 billion of grant aid came to the Ukrainian budget from the Trust Fund of the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development. This is the second US grant in the…
The export of sweet cherries and cherries from Moldova has recorded an increase of more 2-fold this year. According to the Customs Service (SV), the export of sweet cherries grew by 117% and of cherries – by 99%. Thus, economic agents exported more than 12,000 tons of sweet cherries (about 640 trucks) and over 3,000…
In April-June, food product prices increased in all three Baltic States. Food products are more expensive in supermarkets in Riga when compared to neighbouring countries, according to data from the head of Agricultural Market Promotion Department of the Institute of Agro-Resource and Economics Inguna Gulbe. “Baltic States are no exception, similarly to the rest of…
The ICC International Court of Arbitration has refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Russia’s Fund for Protection of Investors’ Rights in Foreign States against Lithuania on more than 1 billion euros in damages over the nationalisation of the Snoras bank. The bank collapsed in 2011 and the Lithuanian government nationalised its shares from its…
As many as 307,000 Ukrainians have found employment thanks to streamlined procedures introduced to help them find work, the Polish Family and Social Policy Ministry said on July 12. Under a law, Ukrainian citizens who arrived in Poland after February 24, the date on which Russia attacked their country, could take up employment without the…
A new blueberry storage and processing enterprise, with a total investment of GEL 2.3 million ($798,361 or EUR 787,383), has been launched in the western Georgian town of Khobi with the support of the Rural Development Agency. The agency announced on July 12 the facility had the capacity to store and process 600 tons of…
Purchase of discounted products, search of cheaper goods and services and more frequent meals at home – these are the most common strategies Latvian residents use to save up money and reduce the impact from the rapid price climb, says Swedbank Institute of Private Finances expert Evija Kropa, commenting on data from the institute’s study.…