Speaker Igor Grosu together with deputy speaker Mihail Popsoi and deputy head of the economy, budget and finance commission Radu Marian met with a group of politicians and businessmen from Great Britain. The delegation was led by Lord Daniel Hannan, member of the House of Lords, adviser to the UK Board of Trade. According to…
Polish poultry farmers are increasingly focusing on growing ducks, intending to push the production performance to a record height in 2022, the National Chamber of Poultry and Feed Producers (KIPDiP) says. In 2022, the Polish duck population is expected to reach 25-27 million heads, up by 40-50% YoY, Katarzyna Gawronska, director of KIPDiP, estimates, adding…
Annual inflation in Lithuania hit 21.1% in August, according to preliminary estimates by Statistics Lithuania. The main factors behind inflation were growing prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel goods and services, foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages, transport goods and services. The monthly change in consumer prices was 0.6% in August compared to July.…
Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili said calculations showed Georgian customers would save about GEL 200 million ($69 million) thanks to the Government initiatives of importing medicines from the Turkish market and implementing reference prices on the domestic market this year. In his comments to journalists following the weekly Government meeting, Azarashvili said the Government’s expectations…
Eyeing the upcoming heating season, churches in Lithuania are also preparing ways to cut costs. “Heating bills from 2021 have left us with a large debt and we have asked to be allowed to pay it off in installments before the next season,” says Andrius Nenenas, pastor of Vilnius Bernardine Church. Last year, during the…
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has called on Swedish businesses to resume operations in Ukraine. “I call on Swedish businesses to actively explore and resume operations in Ukraine. For instance, ScaniaGroup is already increasing business activities. Others should follow suit. Especially IKEA, which has abandoned six Ukrainian factories since February 24 –…
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…