The Government continues to support businesses through soft credit programs, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. During a meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved a resolution facilitating the attraction of up to UAH 60 million in preferential loans by enterprises that lost their production facilities due to the war. “We are talking about facilities…
Poland’s current account deficit rose to EUR 3.97 billion at the end of August, against a revised deficit of EUR 1.89 billion recorded at the end of July, according to central bank figures released on October 14. Market analysts expected the deficit to amount to between EUR 0.22 billion and EUR 2.1 billion with the…
Current and future projects funded in Georgia by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development were discussed during a meeting between the Georgian finance minister Lasha Khutsishvili and Jurgen Rigterink, the first vice president of EBRD. Khutsishvili thanked Rigterink for the support provided by the EBRD to Georgia on its “path of European aspirations”. The…
Vilnius authorities will seek that, until the end of the decade, half of all cars driven in the city are electric, Mayor Remigijus Simasius has said, presenting plans to install 2,000 charging stations. “Electric cars are the future. Our goal is to ensure that at least half of all cars in Vilnius are electric until…
Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) increased by 17.2% YoY and by 1.6% MoM in September, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. The figures are in line with the flash estimate published by GUS on September 30. In August, the prices of consumer goods and services increased by 16.1% YoY and…
The Board of Directors of the National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) has approved a decision regarding the ban on the export of electricity from the Republic of Moldova during the state of alert on the electricity market. “Local producers of electricity produced from renewable sources that do not benefit from a support scheme, following…
The first German PzH 2000 howitzers repaired in Lithuania for Ukraine have arrived in the country that is fighting back against Russia’s invasion, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “I can only say that the first repaired howitzers have reached Ukraine and that we are going to continue this work,” he said on October 14.…