A total of 76.1 million tons of cargo passed through Ukraine’s ports last year, including 67.8 million tons via the Odesa ports, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba stated on Telegram. “In 2025, maritime logistics remained one of the key areas of export and import. The ports of Greater…
The overall state budget revenues amounted to a little more than 68.8 billion lei in the first eleven months of 2025, recording an increase of 14.4%, or about 8.65 billion lei, compared to the same period in 2024. The Finance Ministry unveiled data to this effect. State budget expenditures totaled approximately 78.8 billion lei, which…
Bulgaria marked its first official euro transactions shortly after the stroke of midnight on January 1, as the country officially adopted the single European currency. According to the payment service provider Borica AD, the very first successful euro withdrawal was recorded at 00:20 at an ATM in the popular seaside resort of Sunny Beach. Earlier,…
This year, growth in real estate prices is likely to continue, according to Andris Boze, Member of the Management Board of housing developer and construction company YIT Latvija. He notes that housing prices in Latvia are still around 30-40% lower than in Lithuania or Estonia, and if the economic environment remains stable, a natural convergence…
The top 10% of earners in Lithuania rank among the world’s highest-income groups, according to a ranking published by Euronews. Lithuania placed 18th in the ranking of average after-tax income of the wealthiest 10% of residents, calculated using purchasing power standards, or PPS, based on 2017 prices. The country scored 47.806 PPS, ranking just below…
Communities from different regions of the country are providing transport support to Odesa so that the city can ensure passenger transportation. Due to the difficult situation with electricity supply in the Odesa region caused by massive russian shelling, problems with passenger transport have arisen. Almost 40% of Odesa’s public transport runs on electricity and cannot…
Car deliveries from China to Russia in January-November amounted to $8.1 billion, calculated the Gaidar Institute based on data from the Chinese customs administration. Due to the increase in the recycling fee, they have halved, its analysts write. In total, over 11 months, China, according to data from the national automakers’ association CAAM, exported 6.34…