On June 19, the State Budget of Ukraine received funding of EUR 63 million from the World Bank. The funds were provided by the International Development Association (IDA) on concessional terms under the World Bank’s Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) Project. The loan has a maturity of 10 years, with a 4-year grace…
Prime Minister Dorin Recean and representatives of the Farmers’ Force Association, at a new round of discussions at the government’s headquarters, have tackled the current challenges in the agricultural sector, against the background of the regional crisis and a protest announced by the association. Attending the discussions was also Deputy Prime Minister, Agriculture and Food…
The first flight by LOT Polish airlines’ dreamliner over the polar route took off from Tokyo to Warsaw on June 17. Owing to the Civil Aviation Authority’s decision to change part of the Air Operator Certificate (AOC), LOT Polish Airlines’ Dreamliners can fly over the North Pole, LOT’s spokesman Krzysztof Moczulski wrote on Twitter. By…
Russia’s war in Ukraine has prompted Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to accelerate the building of their armed forces, writes Tony Lawrence, research fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in Estonia. Since regaining their independence in the early 1990s, the three Baltic States have put a high priority on constructing modern, effective…
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated more than UAH 550 billion for Ukraine’s security and defense forces over the first five months of this year, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has reported on Facebook. “Over the first five months of this year, the government allocated more than UAH 550 billion for the Security and Defense Forces…