Poland’s budget revenues have increased by more than 110% since 2015 when the Law and Justice (PiS) came to power, the government spokesperson has claimed. “When we started to rule, the budget revenues in 2015 reached PLN 289 billion (EUR 61 billion), whereas the budget revenues planned for 2023 amount to PLN 604.7 billion (EUR…
Commercial banks in Georgia loaned GEL 42.94 billion ($15.62 billion) and received deposits of GEL 42.04 billion ($15.29 billion) in September, the latest data from the National Bank of Georgia showed. The volume of loans decreased by 0.64% in September compared to the previous month, while the number of deposits increased by 0.68% MoM. Last…
Lithuania’s real national defence funding is projected to reach 2.63% of GDP next year, Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), has said. In his words, this indicator is calculated by adding the funds allocated for national defence in the state budget, the so-called mobility package and the costs…
The list of compensated medicines is to be completed with a new preparation meant for people with type-II diabetes and heart failure. The cost of the medicine will be compensated at the level of 50% from mandatory health insurances accounts (AOAM). According to the Health Ministry, the decision has been recently taken by the council…
Environmentalists fear that in their bid to ensure enough biofuel, European governments may loosen forest protection. While Lithuania has no plans to increase logging quotas, forest owners say plenty of wood could be had just by clearing fallen trees. Dead and fallen trees are plentiful in every forest. Some are left to support the natural…
State Enterprise Ivchenko-Progress, JSC Motor Sich, JSC FED and LLC Radionics are represented at the Ukrainian stand of the UkrAviaProm association. Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Pavlo Riabikin visited the exhibition on its first day and met with Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey Mustafa Varank, President of the Defence Industry Agency Ismail…
Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko held an online meeting with Minister of Energy of Belgium Tinne Van der Straeten who pledged to continue to provide support for the Ukrainian energy sector. “Galushchenko informed his colleague about the massive shelling of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. He emphasized that energy workers were trying to promptly…