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…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has praised Ukraine’s achievements in anti-corruption policy in five areas, Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) reports. According to the report, a Ukrainian delegation led by NACP Deputy Head Iaroslav Liubchenko took part in the presentation of the report within the 5th round of monitoring of…
On October 2-8, the Customs Service collected over 667.9 million lei (about 33.3 million euros) to the state budget. Private people brought goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments totaling over 27.8 million lei were collected, which represented 4.2% of the total amount. The money collected from taxpayers is paid directly…
In connection with the current situation in Israel, Poland’s national air carrier LOT and the Hungarian low-fare airline Wizz Air have cancelled their flights to and from Tel Aviv planned for October 8. The Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel around 6:30 a.m. local time on October…
Of the planned 1.7 GW of additional capacity, 1.5 GW have already been added to the national power system, German Galushchenko, Ukraine’s Energy Minister has said. “In Ukraine, the largest-ever repair campaign is ongoing to restore energy facilities damaged by Russian attacks as preparations are being made for the next heating season. In particular, of…
In January-September, twenty-seven investment projects were implemented in the Vinnytsia region, totaling about UAH 1.2 billion. The relevant statement was made by Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Borzov. “Over nine months of 2023, a total of 27 investment projects worth about UAH 1.2 billion have been implemented in the region. About 970 new jobs…