The new-harvest buckwheat prices are expected to increase in Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by the Department for Agro-Industrial Development and Economic Policy at Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration. “In 2022, according to the data from the State Statistics Service, the price of buckwheat was UAH 23,805 per ton. In 2023, it was around UAH…
Poland’s Development Ministry has unveiled plans for a new mortgage subsidy scheme aimed at first-time homebuyers. It hopes to launch the programme early next year. However, two other ministries, the central bank and trade unions have expressed concern that the scheme could put further upward pressure on housing prices, which are already rising at the…
More than EUR 1 billion will be given to the Rail Baltic project, which will eventually connect Tallinn to the Polish border, the European Commission has said. Together with national co-financing from the three Baltic States, the available funding will increase by EUR 1.5 billion, Latvia’s public broadcaster LSM reports. Of the additional funding, Estonia…
The Association of the Organizations of Bulgarian Employers (AOBE) has urgently called for government action to address the soaring electricity prices affecting businesses in Bulgaria. In an open letter to the authorities, the AOBE is demanding compensation measures to support the economy and maintain the industrial sector. To mitigate the impact of these high electricity…
This year agricultural enterprises in the Mykolaiv region have started to increasingly grow niche crops. The relevant statement was made by the Director of the Department for Agro-Industrial Development at Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Olena Piskun. “Mykolaiv farmers have rapidly increased the growing of such niche crops as flax, mustard and coriander. For example, prior…