The wholes in Lithuania’s labour market are being filled not only by third-country nationals but also by workers from neighbouring countries. With unemployment in Latvia’s Latgale region at an all-time high, its residents are taking up jobs in Lithuania. Aleksej Sokolov, who lives in Latvia’s Daugavpils, works at the furniture factory Visagino Linija in Lithuania’s…
Ukraine calls for more radical measures to be taken against the aggressor country russia over its attempts to provoke a radiation accident by attacking substations critical to the operation of nuclear power plants. “It is critical to take more drastic measures against russia. Otherwise, it looks like a waste of time. After the IAEA highlighted…
Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Denmark Rustem Umerov and Troels Lund Poulsen discussed further cooperation for 2025, including an increase in military support to EUR 2.2 billion. “We discussed further cooperation for 2025, including increasing military support to EUR 2.2 billion. This assistance will form the foundation for training our brigades and equipping them with…
In October, annual harmonized inflation in the European Union increased to 2.3%, with the Eurozone reporting a rate of 2%, according to Eurostat data. Inflation rates in both the EU and the Eurozone have risen compared to the previous month, with the September figures at 2.1% and 1.7%, respectively. However, these rates remain significantly below…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen met with Ukrainian manufacturers of long-range drones and the soldiers who operate them. The leaders were briefed on the technical characteristics of these means of destruction, as well as the specifics of their use. In particular, Volodymyr Zelensky and Mette Frederiksen were shown…
The winner of the privatisation tender paid UAH 3.94 billion to the state budget of Ukraine for 100% of the shares of JSC United Mining and Chemical Company. This brings the total privatisation proceeds for 2024 to UAH 9.26 billion. In addition, UAH 1.029 billion of VAT was received. Thus, the total economic effect of…
Andris Kulbergs, chairman of the Latvian parliamentary investigative committee on the implementation of the Rail Baltica project, has proposed setting up a Baltic-wide oversight committee and jointly approaching the European Commission to request funding for the railway in the name of security. According to Kulbergs, under the existing funding model, the railway will not be…