While recent decisions to end most coronavirus restrictions in Estonia have impacted online shops of major food retailers, volumes have stabilized at a higher level than previously, traders say. Companies invested heavily in e-platforms and home delivery when the coronavirus pandemic started and restrictions were strictest two years ago. E-commerce exploded and even though grocery…
As of April 22, 400 enterprise have been relocated from the combat zone under the evacuation program, 190 of them have already started work, Danylo Hetmantsev, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, has announced on Facebook. “We continue to work on the evacuation of enterprises from the combat…
G7 finance ministers pledged additional support to Ukraine exceeding $24 billion for 2022 and beyond, adding that they were prepared to do more as needed. In a statement, the ministers said they regretted Russia’s participation in international forums, including G20, International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings this week. “International organizations and multilateral fora should…
Poland’s industrial output rose by 17.3% YoY in March, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on April 21. Month on month, industrial output increased by 18.2%. Economists polled by PAP expected March’s manufacturing to grow by 12.3% YoY and by 13.6% MoM. Seasonally adjusted industrial production went up by 17.2% YoY and by 2.1% MoM…
Lithuania has sent heavy mortars worth tens of millions of euros to Ukraine, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “We’ve transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine as aid,” Anusauskas said. “I won’t give the number, but we’ve transferred quite a few of them.” According to the minister, Lithuania has already sent to Ukraine not only Stinger…
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has asked an operator in the food sector, Intervetcom Ltd company, to start the procedure of withdrawal from the trade network and recalling from clients of eggs for consumption, as they are infected with salmonella. ANSA said that the people who bought products from the concerned consignment were asked…
Terminals located at the Ventspils seaport handled 3.966 million tons of freight in the first three months of 2022, up by 10.6% YoY, according to information from Latvia’s Ministry of Transport. In Q1, a total of 2.957 million tons of freight was sent from Ventspils sea port, up by 2.8%. The volume of received freight…