First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting to review the energy supply situation in the Kharkiv region. He heard reports from the Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, the Head of Ukrenergo, Vitalii Zaichenko, and representatives of energy companies. The Kharkiv region continues to…
The authorities are monitoring the situation and collecting data from the regions to determine to what extent the recent bad weather conditions have affected orchards. Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Ludmila Catlabuga made the statement on January 28. The minister emphasized that so far no specific information had been received about orchards affected by…
Poland will increase capacity for gas exports to Ukraine from the beginning of February. Ukrainian energy minister Denys Shmyhal has hailed the move as vital to help his country handle a winter heating crisis caused by Russia’s attacks. On January 27, Shmyhal announced that the two countries’ gas transmission operators had agreed a phased increase…
As the price of gold soared to an all-time high, surpassing $5,000 per ounce (EUR 4,200), a senior official at the Bank of Lithuania acknowledged that the central bank could have profited from additional purchases but chose not to due to its long-term policy. “Looking back, we definitely missed out. If we had bought more…
Slovakia’s economy slowed in 2025, making it harder to reduce the fiscal deficit and stabilise public debt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said after completing its annual review of the country. An IMF mission led by Magnus Saxegaard held talks with Slovak authorities from January 14 to 27. In its concluding statement, the Fund said…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko announced that the Government had simplified the procedures for installing solar power stations on buildings. “The installation of solar power stations on roofs and facades is now carried out on the basis of a technical survey report on the building. There is no need for additional permitting or registration…
Developers have started refusing to build new residential buildings in Russia’s largest cities. By the end of 2025, the largest reduction in new projects occurred in Ufa — by 35% year-on-year, in Moscow — by 29.2%, in Rostov-on-Don — by 29.6%, and in Samara — by 23%. This follows from the data of the Unified…