At the request of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the Defence Procurement Agency DOT contracted a record number of multirotor drones for frontline needs in January and February. This means the military will receive at least twice as many of these drones as in the same period last year. These include Mavic, Autel, Matrice,…
A Spanish automotive supplier is closing its factory in western Slovakia after years of declining activity and mounting losses, in the latest blow to the country’s industrial sector. Antolin, a global manufacturer of car interior components, said it would gradually wind down operations at its plant in the city of Trnava, where it has supplied…
The Latvian national airline airBaltic reported a net loss of 44.337 million euros last year, 2.7 times smaller than in 2024, the airline announced. At the same time, the airBaltic Group’s turnover increased by 4.2%, reaching 779.344 million euros. In 2025, the airline carried 5.2 million passengers across its route network, representing a 1% increase…
Nearly EUR 2.07 billion remained unused in the state treasury in the past fiscal year, which was mostly due to the slow movement of European Union funds, Aivar Soerd (Reform), a member of the Riigikogu Finance Committee, said. The Ministry of Finance gave the Finance Committee an overview of the 2025 budget surplus, which, according…
On March 9, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi held an online meeting with the Bureau for Chemical Substance of the Republic of Poland on the development of bilateral cooperation in chemical safety. Oksana Mylianyk, an expert from the Recovery and Reform Support Team (RST), also took part in the…
Russian regions, amid budget problems, have started to massively cut healthcare spending. In 2026, almost a quarter of the regions (19 out of 82) made such a decision. This follows from the budget reporting, which was studied by “Important Stories”. The figure turned out to be a record for the entire period of the war…
Russian retailers have sharply reduced the opening of home-based stores. By the end of 2025, the appearance of new retail outlets within walking distance slowed down by six times – this is the maximum drop since 2017, according to a study by Infoline. According to “Kommersant”, one of the key reasons was the decline in…