Bulgaria: business climate indicator up in January 2024

Bulgaria witnesses a notable improvement in its overall business climate indicator, surging by 3%age points from December 2023 to January 2024. The National Statistical Institute (NSI) revealed that this uptick spanned across all key sectors-industry, construction, retail trade and services. According to NSI, the composite indicator for the business climate in the industry sector rose…

Ukraine: every dollar spent treated responsibly

The key priority in Ukraine’s cooperation with its partners is the transparency of the use of funds raised. This was emphasised by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a meeting with a delegation of Inspectors General from U.S. Department of Defence, State Department and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on January 30 in Kyiv.…

Ukraine: Spain interested in corn and sunflower

Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi held a regular online meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain Luis Planas Puchades. The parties discussed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products and food security. In particular, the extension of the duty-free and quota-free trade regime between Ukraine and the EU.…

Poland: GDP growth seen at 2.8% in 2024

The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for Poland’s GDP growth in 2024 to 2.8% from 2.3%, and lowered it to 3.2% in 2025 from 3.4%, according to the latest version of the IMF’s cyclical World Economic Outlook report. The report does not provide justification for the forecasts. In November 2023, the European Commission…