The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the second review under the 40-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangements for the Republic of Moldova. This allows for the immediate disbursement of SDR 20.65 million (about $27 million), usable for budget support, bringing Moldova’s total disbursements under the blended…
Price hikes in Croatia after it adopted the euro can serve as a warning to Poland, the Polish prime minister said on January 10. Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference that Croatia’s use of the euro, which began on January 1, had resulted in a rapid rise in the prices of fuel, consumer goods and…
It’s necessary to focus on increasing healthy life expectancy in Lithuania, instead of weighing up the idea of increasing the retirement age, a presidential adviser has said. “The existing average in Lithuania is now 57.5 years,” Irena Segaloviciene said on January 10, adding that Lithuania expected to reach a life expectancy of 65 years only…
More than 30 million tons of imported goods were delivered to Ukraine last year, of which almost 11 million tons were delivered by trucks. The volume of imports increased most rapidly from March to May 2022. At this time, the sector managed to return to the volume of international road freight traffic that Ukraine had…
In the first week of 2023, the State Property Fund of Ukraine held 20 auctions for a total sum of UAH 6.5 million, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov announced. “During the first week of the new year, in the first five working days, 20 auctions were held, including 8 property auctions and…
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili on January 9 said the country’s economy grew by 10% in January-November 2022, with the rate expected to be maintained in the final figures of the year. The ministry on January 9 quoted Khutsishvili as saying the annual gross domestic product per capita number of the past year was expected…
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) received 4,729 reports of corruption in 2022, the watchdog said on January 9. “In 2022, almost 30% of the STT’s all pre-trial investigations were opened based on citizen reports. The majority of the received reports were about possible offences in the areas of health care, environmental protection, local government and…