Ukraine: country fully supplied with sugar

In the current 2021-2022 financial year (September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022), Ukraine produced 1,450,000 tons of sugar, or 130.5% of the production of the previous financial year. Sugar was produced by 33 factories. According to the sugar supply and demand balance calculated by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the…

Lithuania: gas use to be easily cut by 15%

Lithuania would have no difficulty meeting the European Commission’s recommendation to reduce its natural gas consumption if there is a shortage of gas this coming winter, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys has said. Kreivys said Lithuania could replace gas used for heating in Vilnius with fuel oil, noting that businesses were cutting their gas use as…

Poland: unemployment down in June 2022

Poland’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in June from 5.1% in May, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on July 25. The number of registered unemployed measured 818,000 in June against 850,200 in the previous month, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated June’s unemployment at 4.9%. (The First News/Business World…