Szymon Holownia, the speaker of parliament, claims that he will ignore an order by the Constitutional Tribunal (TK) to halt proceedings to put central bank governor Adam Glapinski on trial. Holownia, who is a leading figure in the current ruling coalition, says that the TK, which is widely seen as being under the influence of…
Latvia is approximately five years behind Estonia and Lithuania, when it comes to capital market development, “INVL Asset Management” board chairman Andrejs Martinovs has said. Data from the Bank of Latvia indicated the pension capital accumulated on the second level pension plans went up by 24.4% last year, reaching EUR 7.06 billion. However, only 8.5%…
The Economy Ministry is working to accelerate the signing of the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA) with the European Union. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Economy Deputy Minister Vitaliy Kidrativ. According to Kindrativ, in preparation for the signing of this agreement, Ukraine has brought thousands of national standards,…
On April 23, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution envisaging the second stage of distribution of additional subsidies for the first quarter of 2024 for the regional budget of the Luhansk region and 207 budgets of territorial communities across Ukraine in the amount of UAH 266.2 million. This amount includes: – UAH…
Polish orchard and vineyard owners have been lighting bonfires in an effort to keep their crops warm amid a recent cold snap that followed unseasonably warm weather. That earlier warm period – when temperatures in parts of Poland rose to above 25 degrees C (77 F) – had prompted plants to bloom early, now leaving…
The price of retail lamb in Bulgaria has surged by 8.4% on an annual basis, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, with data sourced from SAPI indicating an average price of BGN 25.27 per kilogram as of April 10. Meanwhile, the purchase price of lambs based on live weight stands…
A Swiss subsidiary of the Polish state energy giant Orlen revealed details of the roughly $400 million (1.6 billion zloty) it lost on prepayments made without collateral under the firm’s previous management for Venezuelan crude oil and petroleum products that were never delivered. Orlen Trading Switzerland (OTS) reported that over half the money was paid…