U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has confirmed the first delivery of emergency repair equipment from the United States. “Grateful for the work of Ukraine’s air defense amid more escalatory Russian attacks this morning on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv and around the country. First U.S. shipment of emergency repair equipment has already arrived – Ukraine…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says he has informed Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson about disagreements between the two countries over the sharing of surplus profits generated by electricity producers. “Today I informed the Swedish prime minister about the problem and he promised to look into it,” the president told reporters in Brussels on December 15…
Poland’s core inflation, which excludes the prices of food and energy, measured 11.4% YoY in November, up from 11% in October, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 18.1% YoY in November, down from 18.7% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most volatile items measured 15% in November,…
Ukrainians who fled Russia’s war would be issued only digital temporary residence permits in Lithuania from next year, the Migration Department said on December 16. Such residence permits will be issued to both new arrivals and those already in the country. “The digitisation of this process will save a lot of time for Ukrainian refugees,…
The agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union on the liberalization of carriage of freight by road has been extended. “Moldovan freight carriers will continue to be able to travel on the territory of the EU without authorization, after the Moldova-EU agreement on freight road transport liberalization has been extended until June…
The European Union on December 15 agreed on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia. However, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called the agreement “a missed opportunity”. “The 9th sanctions package was a missed opportunity. Sad that we had to spend so much time discussing derogations, not stronger sanctions. Together with Poland we have managed…
Electricity production in Georgia grew by 13.3% YoY in 2021, reaching 12.64 billion kilowatt-hours, the National Statistics Office of Georgia revealed. The increase in production was observed mainly thanks to an increase in water flow, Geostat said in its update of annual figures. In other statistics, the office said 35,500 tons (+13.4%) of crude oil,…