The Cabinet of Ministers will double the funding for the micro-grant program for business development; next year it is planned to issue grants worth UAH 3.5 billion, the press service of the Ministry of Economy reports. “We see that the program is in great demand among Ukrainians, so next year we plan to double its…
The International Monetary Fund expects Bulgaria’s GDP growth to slow to 1.7% in 2023 from 3.4% last year, before accelerating to 3.2% in 2024. The fund’s autumn forecast was better than the spring report, according to which Bulgaria’s GDP was expected to grow this year by 1.4%. In spring, however, the IMF expected the Bulgarian…
On October 7-11, Moldova participates with a country stand in the world’s largest trade fair for food and beverages, Anuga, held in Cologne, Germany. The country presents a variety of agri-food products such as dried fruits, juices and cans, pastry and culinary, bee honey and bee products, as well as ice cream under a common…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut Poland’s GDP growth forecast for 2023 to 0.6% from the 1.2% estimated earlier, it has said in its latest edition of the World Economic Outlook. But it also revised up its forecast for 2024 to 2.3% from the 2.2% predicted in an earlier report. At the same time,…
In September, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry raised about UAH 23 billion in the state budget from the placement of war bonds. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Finance Ministry on Facebook. Meanwhile, about UAH 185 billion worth of war bonds were issued in January-September. At the end of September, Ukrainian citizens owned about…