During a massive missile attack on Ukraine on January 14, the Russian invaders hit the turbine section of a thermal power plant (TPP) run by DTEK Group. “The aftermath of the attack on one of the DTEK’s TPPs. The invaders hit the turbine section of the TPP’s power unit. One of the power units was…
Georgia received $535.3 million from abroad in December 2022, up by 133.2% YoY, the National Bank of Georgia said on January 16. Russia ($317.31 million), Italy ($43.20 million) and the United States ($34.30 million) were the largest remittance senders last month. Overall, the vast majority (98.2%) of all money transfers from abroad came from 24…
Taiwan has plans to work with Lithuania in the area of cyber security, says Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang, who visited Lithuania last week. In her words, Taiwan’s National Institute of Cyber Security may decide on investing in Lithuania’s cyber security as early as this week. “As the chair of the board, I…
Poland’s core inflation, which excluded the prices of food and energy, measured 11.5% YoY in December 2022, up from 11.4% in November 2022, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on January 16. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 17.1% YoY in December 2022, down from 18.1% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most…
On January 9-15, the Customs Service collected over 446.4 million lei (about 22.3 million euros) to the state budget. According to the institution, private people brought goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 8.3 million lei were collected, which represented 1.9% of the total amount. Also, during the…
Passenger traffic for airlines operating in Georgia recovered in 2022 by 85% compared to pandemic levels, while the number of flights were restored to 88% of pre-Covid figures, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency announced on January 16. The governing agency revealed its annual figures that showed the country’s three international airports served 4,441,316 passengers over…
An exploded gas pipeline in Lithuania’s northern district of Pasvalys was repaired on January 15 night and would be back into operation after additional safety checks, Nemunas Biknius, CEO of Amber Grid, the operator of Lithuania’s gas pipelines, reported. “If we find that any additional work needs to be done, we will carry it out,”…