Poland will contribute to creation of a new safe traffic system in Azerbaijan, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Bittel has said during a conference on “Strengthening of road safety in Azerbaijan”. According to him, the expert group from Poland and Lithuania will share their experience with their Azerbaijani colleagues. “I’m…
Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm as part of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate meeting in Zagreb. The parties discussed further cooperation in the energy sector. German Galushchenko thanked his colleague for the assistance to the energy sector of Ukraine, in particular, the mobile…
In February, the business confidence indicator in Ukraine’s manufacturing industry increased by 2.4%, and the business climate indicator – by 0.3%. The relevant data were published by the Ukrainian State Statistics Service. In contrast to January, the business confidence indicator rose by 2.4% and came to -12.4% in the manufacturing industry in February. In the…
A loan worth $100 million, provided by the government of Japan to Moldova, is meant for backing the state budget and will be disbursed in a single installment till the end of June. The Finance Ministry made statements to this effect on March 2. Thus, till late May, decision-makers will carry out the necessary procedures…
Poland’s macroeconomic policy should just focus on bringing down inflation so it hits the central bank’s target, a member of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Council (RPP) has told an economic forum in Warsaw. Inflation in Poland came to 17.2% in January, well above the target rate of 2.5%, plus/minus 1%. “What should happen, and happen…
The euro area’s annual inflation slowed to 8.5% in February, with Latvia clocking the highest annual inflation for the month at 20.1%, followed by Estonia at 17.8% and Lithuania at 17.2%, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat on March 2. The euro area’s overall annual inflation slowed somewhat from 8.6% in January to…
Poland’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate went down to 2.8% in January from 2.9% in December 2022, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, reported on March 2. The number of unemployed edged down to 480,000 in January from 494,000 in December 2022, Eurostat also said. According to Eurostat, the unemployment rate in the eurozone countries, according to seasonally…