Ukraine’s state budget has received EUR 2.8 billion from the European Union under the Ukraine Facility financial instrument. This is a regular tranche provided under Pillar I of the programme and will be directed toward financing priority state budget expenditures, particularly social and humanitarian needs. The Ukraine Facility is an unprecedented EU support programme for…
Ukraine has significant potential for the development of aquaculture, but today about 80% of fish products on the domestic market are imported. Because of this, the development of domestic aquafarming is one of the important areas of strengthening food security, supporting the regional economy and creating new jobs. Ways to strengthen state support for the…
The Republic of Moldova will receive $250 million from the World Bank to strengthen competitiveness, job creation, market efficiency and transparency, as well as economic integration with the European Union. The support aims to help the Government increase resilience against future shocks and advance the country’s path to EU accession, complementing the EU Growth and…
Billa Slovakia fell into the red last year, becoming one of the first major retailers to report the adverse impact of the government’s consolidation measures on the country’s consumer sector. The supermarket chain announced a loss of nearly EUR 8 million for 2025, despite boosting revenues by 5% YoY, to EUR 923 million. The result…
In January-May, single contribution revenues for mandatory state social insurance amounted to 301.7 billion hryvnia. This is 44.4 billion hryvnia more than in the same period last year. In the first five months of 2025, the budget received 257.3 billion hryvnia of single contribution. Thus, this year’s figure increased by 17.3%. The single contribution is…
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…
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…