Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Kyiv and thanked her for supporting Ukraine since the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion. “The IMF’s support creates an opportunity for Ukraine to remain strong. It is also a weapon – an economic weapon that allows us, our society, and our…
Poland’s retail sales decreased in real terms by 0.3% YoY and by 23.1% MoM in January, the Central Statistical Office said on February 21. Economists polled by PAP expected January’s retail sales to grow in real terms by 0.8% YoY and to fall by 22.3% MoM. In current prices, retail sales increased by 15.1% YoY…
The Baku Stock Exchange held an auction on the placement of the Azerbaijani Finance Ministry’s public bonds worth 40 million manats ($23.5 million) with a circulation period of 728 days. As many as 26 investors submitted 50 bids in the price range from 91.2 manats or $53.6 (11%) to 95.4 manats or $56.1 (8.5%) during…
169 bridges in the Republic of Moldova are in unsatisfactory condition, and 55 of them will be repaired or reconstructed in the period of 2023-2024. The figures were presented by the State Road Administration (ASD). According to ASD, during this year repair works are planned for 17 bridges from the means of the Road Fund,…
The vast majority of working-aged Ukrainian refugees in Poland have found work in the country, according to a survey commissioned by the Prime Minister’s Office. The survey, carried out by the EWL Migration Platform and Warsaw University’s Centre for Eastern Studies, found that 84% were now employed and that 27% of this group had managed…
Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Agriculture Minister, on February 20 said the Government was allocating GEL 16 million ($6 million) for promotion of Georgian products in “strategic” foreign markets, including in the United States and Europe, this year. Speaking to the media following the weekly Government meeting, the official explained the move was aimed at diversifying…
It is too early for interest rate cuts now, though they may be possible at the end of the year, Poland’s central bank governor Adam Glapinski has said at the World Copernican Congress in Torun, northern Poland. “Right now it’s too early to discuss interest rate cuts. I would like this to be possible around…