As of the morning of January 23, due to the decrease in temperature, electricity shortage in Ukraine’s power system has increased, while consumption limits have already been exceeded in five regions, NEC Ukrenergo, the state-owned system operator, reports. “Electricity consumption was higher than on January 22, which was due to the start of the working…
On January 16-22, the Customs Service collected over 597.7 million lei (about 30 million euros) to the state budget. According to the institution, private people brought into the country goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 19.2 million lei were collected, which represented 3.2% of the total amount.…
Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, discussed international food safety at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture ministerial in Berlin between January 18 and 21. Bringing together up to 90 agriculture ministers and hundreds of representatives from international organisations, the event highlighted causes of the global food security crisis. Naming…
Poland’s industrial output rose by 1% YoY in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on January 23. Month on month, industrial output also decreased by 6.4%. Economists polled by PAP expected December 2022 industrial production to grow by 1.7% YoY and to drop by 5.4% MoM. Manufacturing prices increased by 20.4% YoY in…
The Baltic foreign ministers have urged Germany to provide tanks to Ukraine, with Lithuania’s top diplomat claiming Berlin has a “special responsibility”. “We, the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Foreign Ministers, call on Germany to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine now,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis tweeted on January 21. “This is needed to stop Russian…
Georgia received $3.5 billion from international tourist visits in 2022, up by 182.5% YoY, the National Tourism Administration said on January 23. The body also said revenue from international tourism had recovered by 107.6 QQ:% compared to the pre-pandemic 2019. Last year, 5,426,903 international travelers visited the country – 188.5% more than in 2021 –…
Poland’s retail sales increased in real terms by 0.2% YoY and by 13.1% MoM in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office said on January 23. Economists polled by PAP expected December 2022 retail sales to grow in real terms by 1.4% YoY and by 15% MoM. In current prices, retail sales increased by 15.5% YoY…