Ukraine: Government expands Affordable Medicines programme with 51 additional medicines

The Government is expanding the Affordable Medicines programme. An additional 51 international non-proprietary names (INNs) of medicines will be added to the updated list, which will take effect from July, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko has announced. The newly included medicines cover the management of high blood pressure, treatment of heart failure and cardiac…

Lithuania: Vilnius airport finally overtakes Riga

For the first time in the country’s history, Vilnius Airport has surpassed Riga Airport in monthly passenger numbers. “More passengers boarded and disembarked at Vilnius Airport than at Riga Airport in May. A milestone we hardly dared expect to reach three years ago,” Simonas Bartkus, chief executive of Lithuanian Airports, wrote on Facebook. Excluding transit…

Armenia: EU prepares support measures for exporters

The European Union is preparing to provide additional support to Armenia amid restrictions imposed on the import of Armenian products into Russia, EU Ambassador to Armenia Vassilis Maragos has said during a meeting with Armenian exporters. According to Maragos, important meetings and phone discussions were scheduled for June 4, after which specific additional support measures…