As a result of the blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border, exports through these checkpoints decreased by 40%, and the state budget of Ukraine lost UAH 9.3 billion due to a shortfall in customs payments. This was stated by Danylo Hetmantsev, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy. “Undoubtedly, this is…
President Maia Sandu met a group of cereals producers on December 4. According to the presidential press service, the head of state said that the state must be with the farmers on this complicated period. She emphasized the important support provided to the agricultural sector in the last year, including the subsidies worth 1.9 billion…
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on December 4 that Poland would again demand the renewal of permits restricting the transit of Ukrainian truckers across the border. Poland will very strongly and unequivocally demand the restoration of transport permits for Ukrainian drivers, Morawiecki has told reporters. The EU entry permit scheme for Ukrainian drivers was canceled…
Bulgaria’s Finance Minister, Asen Vassilev, addressed concerns about potential fuel shortages following “Lukoil’s” deliberations on selling its business in the country. The reassurance came during Vassilev’s visit to the “Capitan Andreevo” border crossing alongside European Commissioner Mareid McGuinness. Vassilev clarified that the ministry had received prior indications of Lukoil’s contemplation of selling its Burgas-based refinery.…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $739.5 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week. These are the results of currency interventions published on the central bank’s website. Between November 27 and December 1, the National Bank sold $739.5 million and purchased $1.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. Since…