Since the beginning of 2024, businesses have received 23,556 soft loans under the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme totalling UAH 88.4 billion, and 102,500 loans worth UAH 355.3 billion since the programme was launched in February 2020. Last week, Ukrainian entrepreneurs received 633 soft loans worth UAH 2.4 billion. “Since the beginning of the full-scale…
Companies, the infrastructure of which has been destroyed or damaged by the enemy and which are located in the territory of active hostilities, will be eligible for debt restructuring. The Government approved the relevant criteria for heat and water utilities on December 10, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. “We are setting out an algorithm for…
Housing affordability in Sofia has improved since the pandemic, making it one of the few capitals in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to experience this positive trend, according to a report by Colliers International. The consultancy examined housing affordability from two key perspectives: the ability of an average salary earner to secure a loan from…
The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian national train service operators Elron, Vivi and LTG Link are beginning to synchronize their timetables to offer passengers better opportunities to travel by passenger train between the Baltic countries. From January 6, 2025 it will become possible to travel from Tallinn to Vilnius via Tartu and Riga with just two…
Bulgaria is expecting a boost in winter tourism this year, with about 3.1 million foreign visitors projected between December and March 2025, an increase of 5% compared to last year’s 2.9 million, according to Rumen Draganov, director of the Institute for Analysis and Forecasts in Tourism. This is also a notable rise of over 20%…
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s CDU/CSU bloc, visited one of the Ukrainian energy facilities destroyed by Russian shelling. The Energy Minister showed the German delegation the devastating consequences of enemy attacks on the energy sector, discussed the restoration of the energy sector, and highlighted the urgent need for…
In November, farmers received almost 25,000 hectares of agricultural land surveyed and cleared by deminers for use. In total, since the beginning of the year, deminers have surveyed more than 309,000 hectares of land as part of the priority demining programme. “In November, our deminers passed the milestone of 300,000 hectares of agricultural land surveyed…