Today, there are 1.5 billion 50-kopiyka coins in circulation in Ukraine. To maintain appropriate quality, it is necessary to mint about 30 million coins each year, with some planned for replacement in stages, Andriy Pyshnyy, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, has said. According to him, there are currently more than 14 billion coins…
During the first eleven months of 2025, Bulgaria’s exports to countries outside the European Union reached 27.55 billion leva (EUR 14.1 billion), marking a slight decline of 2.1% compared to the same period in 2024, according to data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The largest portion of these exports consists of machinery, equipment, and…
Poland saw the European Union’s second-fastest growth in tourism in 2025, behind only the Mediterranean island state of Malta. The figures come amid efforts by the Polish government to boost the role of tourism in the economy. New data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, show that the estimated number of nights spent in tourist…
Annual inflation in Latvia in December 2025 was higher than the average in the European Union (EU) and the euro area, according to data published on January 19 by the EU’s statistical office Eurostat. Annual inflation in Latvia stood at 3.4% in December 2025. Consumer prices increased in December 2025 in all EU member states.…
The Verkhovna Rada has registered a draft Labor Code of Ukraine (reg. No. 14386) initiated by the Government as a legislative initiative. The document aims to modernize and deregulate labor legislation, standardize individual and collective labor relations based on the principles of equality and decent work, and implement international standards into national legislation. The draft…
The holding company “Cemros” has frozen operations at two cement plants in the Belgorod and Ulyanovsk regions, RBC was told by a company representative. According to him, another plant located in the Lipetsk region has been switched to a limited production mode – now only milling and packaging workshops, as well as laboratories, are operating…
The Russian smartphone market plummeted in 2025: according to various estimates, sales fell by 19–25% year-on-year. This follows from the data of the distributor Fplus and “M. Video”, writes “Vedomosti”. In total, over the year, 24.2 million devices were sold in Russia for a total amount of 588 billion rubles, compared to 29.8 million gadgets…