In the first half of 2024, household electricity and natural gas prices in Bulgaria ranked among the lowest in the European Union, according to recent data from Eurostat. Overall, electricity prices for EU households showed a slight decline in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, while Bulgarian households benefitted…
According to the Latvian government, the Estonian-Latvian Rail Baltica link will be built during the last phase of construction, with the entire route on track to be completed until 2030. Estonian Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Svet (SDE) says a big problem for the Latvian section of the project is the desire to build an additional…
On October 29, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine raised UAH 23.16 billion (in equivalent) to the state budget at an auction for the placement of domestic government bonds. The ministry’s press service wrote this on Facebook. “Today, the Ministry of Finance placed bonds worth almost UAH 23.2 billion,” the post reads. The Ministry of…
The Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada has recommended the draft state budget of Ukraine for 2025 and the draft Budget Conclusions for the first reading; their review in the session hall is expected in the coming days. This was reported on Facebook by Head of the Budget Committee Roksolana Pidlasa. The MP outlined key…
The Latvian Ministry of Transport has published a report indicating that the country may not complete the Rail Baltica connection to Estonia before 2030. The Ministry of Transport has submitted a plan for coordination, identifying the establishment of a connection with Estonia as the first phase of Rail Baltica development. While the ministry is prioritizing…
Bulgaria’s expenditure on importing Azerbaijani gas rose to 24.3 million euros in July, slightly up from 23.9 million euros in the same period of 2023, Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, reported. This marks a year-on-year increase of nearly 1.7% in Bulgaria’s gas import costs from Azerbaijan. Over the first seven months of 2024, Bulgaria’s…
More than 1,500 new jobs will be created in the Ternopil region thanks to grant assistance for the creation and development of own businesses, Ternopil Regional Employment Center Director Mykola Horodetskyi has said. “In the Ternopil region, a total of 721 projects have been approved as part of the Own Business microgrant programme. About UAH…