The Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry (MAIA) informed that a group made up of 15 Moldovan farmers had sent the first consignment of peanuts to Italy. The farmers, guided by specialists of the Euroalun (Euro-peanut) organization, managed to observe the requirements of the buyer and to deliver about 23 tons of peanuts. “This is the…
Poland’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 6.2% YoY in December 2023 against the 6.1% predicted in a previous flash estimate, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on January 15. The CPI inflation in November 2023 was 6.6%. Consumer prices in December 2023 increased by 6.2% (with an increase of prices of services by 8.2%…
Bulgarian winter resorts experienced a robust growth of over 4.5% in tourist numbers in December 2023 compared to the previous year, according to Tourism Minister Zaritsa Dinkova. The notable surge was particularly driven by a substantial increase in Turkish visitors, marking nearly a 22% growth. Notably, tourists from neighboring countries such as Romania, North Macedonia,…
Latvia’s public is being made well aware of an Estonian initiative to encourage Western nations to provide 0.25% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as military support to Ukraine. ERR’s Latvia correspondent Ragnar Kond spoke to Pauls Raudseps, a well-known journalist in that country who penned an article for independent weekly Ir, both publicizing the…
The draft Hydrogen Strategy until 2050 has been presented as part of a working group meeting in the Ukrainian Energy Ministry. The relevant statement was made by the ministry’s press service. The document contains the current data on the global development of hydrogen energy, hydrogen classification and analysis of international legislation. The draft Strategy also…
Ukrposhta JSC, Ukraine’s national postal operator, received UAH 11.9 billion in revenues in 2023, up by 19% YoY. The press service of the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook. “In 2023, we reversed the negative trend of 2022 and achieved revenue growth,” said Ukrposhta CEO…
In December 2023, the gas consumption was 137.8 million cubic meters, up by 35.4% YoY. It increased by 54.2 million cubic meters or by 64.8% against November 2023. The information was presented by Moldovagaz. In December 2023, compensations of 169.5 million lei (8.47 million euros) were calculated for about 460 thousand consumers. 334 consumption units…