Six vessels carrying Ukrainian agricultural products left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on August 28 under an UN-brokered grain deal, Turkey’s Ministry of Defense said on its Twitter account. “As of this morning, six more ships have departed from Ukrainian ports with grain loads,” the statement said. It added that work was underway to load ships…
Starting from September 1, the number of trolleybuses and buses in Chisinau will be increased. The head of the General Directorate of Public Transport and Communications, Vitalie Mihalache, made the statement at an August 29 meeting of the city hall services. The increase in the number of transport units is carried out in the context…
State-owned office buildings are expected to cut their energy consumption by up to 1.5 million euros. Turto Bankas (Property Bank), the manager of Lithuanian state-owned properties, is launching an energy-saving initiative titled “putinOut” in which around 500 properties, mostly housing state institutions, are encouraged to cut their energy consumption by at least 10%. The initiative,…
A pocket guide – Green fertilizers in the drought conditions of the Republic of Moldova – was published with the support of the Farmer-to-Farmer Program, the Moldova Organic Value Chain Alliance (MOVCA) reported. The publication includes ideas for combining crops used to fertilize the soil, examples of green manures in rotation, useful tips related to…
The capital of Lithuania has started dimming or, in some places, even switching off street and public space lights due to a drastic rise in electricity prices. According to Andrius Deimantas, director of the municipal company Vilniaus Apsvietimas (Vilnius Lighting), the authorities have already reduced lighting time, while lighting intensity has been cut down by…
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has increased the economic growth forecast for Georgia from 5% to 8%, revised its outlook from negative to stable and affirmed the country’s long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at BB/B, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced on August 29. Garibashvili said at a Government meeting the…
The construction of a fence along Lithuania’s border with Belarus was completed at the end of last week, EPSO-G, the state-owned energy group responsible for the project, reported on August 29. The barrier, consisting of a fence and razor wire, was installed in sections stretching approximately 502 kilometers. “The team of contractors mobilised by EPSO-G…