The Baltic States are ready to offer five large ports within their borders to contribute to the export of Ukrainian grain to the global markets. The relevant statement was made by Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Twitter. “The Baltic States have five ports that could be used to safely export much more of…
Ukrainian defense companies and enterprises have displayed their stands at the IDEF’23 International Defense Industry Fair. President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the participants via video link, having welcomed exhibitors and guests from different countries. The IDEF’23 exhibition displays the stands of the National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries (NAUDI) and…
The Government has allocated a further UAH 3.5 billion from the Fund for Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression to the communities of Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. According to the Head of Government, the money will be used to rebuild…
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian energy ministers agreed in Riga on July 25 to jointly work towards synchronisation of their countries’ power grids with continental European grids until February 2025 at the latest. The documents enshrining the agreement are to be signed between the Baltic prime ministers and transmission system operators in early August. As part…
On July 25, President Maia Sandu participated in the inauguration of a segment of the express road M3 Chisinau-Giurgiulesti, along with President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso. The M3 express road is the most important road, which connects the Moldovan capital to Giurgiulesti, and is one of the most…
Poland’s unemployment rate fell by 0.1% MoM in June, to 5 %, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on July 25. The number of registered unemployed measured 783,500 in June against 802,300 in May, GUS said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry also estimated June’s unemployment rate at 5%. Economists polled by PAP expected…
Last week, 486 entrepreneurs received loans totalling UAH 1.8 billion under the Government’s Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme. Since the beginning of 2023, banks have granted 14,000 loans worth UAH 50 billion to businesses. Since the start of the programme in February 2020, 67,400 loans worth UAH 217.5 billion have been disbursed. Most of the…