In Ternopil region, sugar beet harvesting has been slowed down due to unfavorable weather conditions. But agrarians are actively delivering the harvested sugar beets to sugar factories. More than 200,000 tons of raw materials have been received for sugar production since the beginning of the season, and there are enough raw materials for the factories…
The Georgian government on October 10 held a meeting led by prime minister Irakli Garibashvili to discuss a range of topics, including approval of the 2022-2028 strategy for the development of the capital market of Georgia and the related action plan. The government administration said the strategy would contribute to the “uniformity of the country’s…
Lithuania has received 138,200 doses of an Omicron-adapted coronavirus vaccine, the Health Ministry reports. The vaccine targeting the BA.4 and BA.5 coronavirus sub-variants will be used for the first or second booster shots, with producers expected to deliver more than half a million adapted vaccine doses in October. The second booster shot of the vaccine…
On October 3-9, the Customs Service collected over 829.6 million lei (about 41.4 million euros) to the state budget, up by 16.4% YoY. According to the Customs Service, private people brought goods with value in customs exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 18.8 million lei were collected, which represented 2.3% of the…
A proposal to oblige supermarket chains to donate food that is no longer fit for sale has emerged in the Lithuanian parliament. Although it would help more people in need, charities say they do not have the capacity to collect it all. Last week, MP Tomas Tomilinas registered a proposal that supermarkets should be obliged…
The Polish government will keep the cost of electricity at a reduced level next year for up to 98% of Polish companies, the development minister has said. On October 6, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said that the government was going to present a new electricity tariff for all small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) the…
Lithuania will purchase eight M142 HIMARS rocket launchers from the US. The contract is expected to be signed until December, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “The Americans have given 90% assurance that it will happen until the beginning of December. The contract is for a separate system and eight launchers and launch systems,” Anusauskas…