In February, Ukrainians registered almost 1,300 used electric vehicles and 413 new electric vehicles, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Ukrautoprom). “Over the past month, the domestic fleet was replenished with almost 1,300 used electric vehicles. This is three times more than the number of new electric vehicles purchased for the same period,”…
The cost of construction index across Georgia decreased by 5.2% in January compared to the preceding month, the National Statistics Office of Georgia said on March 9. The statistics body said the change had been mainly caused by the 23.4% decrease in the average monthly nominal salary of employees in the industry, which caused a…
The Monetary Policy Council (RPP), the Polish central bank’s rate-setting body, has kept the reference interest rate at 6.75%. The National Bank of Poland’s Lombard rate remained at 7.25%, the rediscount rate at 6.80% and the discount rate at 6.85%, the RPP announced after its sitting on March 8. The RPP also left the deposit…
The Georgian technology startup is seeing an ecosystem emerge for the field in the country, however it needs “growth, refinement and adaptation”, a new report by the Asian Development Bank shows. The report from the bank, a social development organisation with focus on Asia and the Pacific, is entitled “Georgia’s Emerging Ecosystem for Technology Startups”…
On March 9, the amendments to Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/404 and (EU) 2021/405 dated March 24, 2021 were published, through which the Republic of Moldova obtained, for the first time, the right to export to the EU processed poultry meat and eggs of category A (for consumption), the government’s communication and protocol department reported.…
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, on March 8 announced a broad-scale financial support programme for women starting up businesses. Morawiecki told the Polish Woman of the 21st Century conference in Warsaw that the scheme would be funded by PLN 1 billion (EUR 213 million) annually. He added that more details about the programme would…
The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office has finished the criminal investigation on another segment of the investigation aimed at the concession of the Chisinau International Airport State Enterprise. According to the prosecutor’s office, the object of the investigation includes the illegal actions of public persons and of public dignity at the Chisinau International Airport concession, which caused…