While performing an oversight based on the monitoring activity results in 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has determined a list of critical payment infrastructure objects in Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by the NBU’s press service. As in previous years, the NBU’s System of Electronic Payments (SEP) was recognized as the only…
Between February 26 and March 1, the State Property Fund of Ukraine held 18 privatization auctions, which would raise UAH 219.6 million to the budget. Vitaliy Koval, the head of the State Property Fund, announced this in a post on Telegram. “18 successful auctions for almost UAH 220 million. This is the result of the…
Prime Minister Dorin Recean has informed that the business people from Moldova have already invested $1 billion through the 373 governmental programme. “This is an encouraging start, which shows the potential this project has. I am happy to see that, among those almost 250 businesses with 3,703 employees within the programme, there are 60 companies…
A famous fast food stand located in front of Warsaw’s iconic Palace of Culture and Science is set to disappear after over three decades. The owner, who has been operating the premises without permission in recent years, has now given up his fight to keep it open. However, some local residents have launched a campaign…
Nicolas Schmit, the newly-elected president of the Party of European Socialists (PES), has voiced his support for Bulgaria’s full accession to the Schengen Area. Speaking at a press briefing following his election at a PES congress held in Rome, Schmit emphasized the importance of Bulgaria’s integration into the Schengen Zone. “It is time for Bulgaria…
Amid sanctions related to the war in Ukraine, Latvia has become Russia’s primary whisky supplier. This booming trade relationship has a complex web of diplomatic tightropes with economic and geopolitical nuances. Latvia, one of the European Union’s smallest member states with a population of fewer than 2 million, has emerged as the number-one supplier of…
Thanks to the largest repair campaign at energy facilities in the history of Ukraine’s independence, efficient air defence and sufficient fuel resources, Ukraine will complete the 2023-2024 heating season smoothly. This was stated by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko. “Last year we carried out the largest repair campaign in the history of…