Latvia and Lithuania on June 27 urged NATO to strengthen its eastern border in anticipation of Russian private military group Wagner setting up shop in neighboring Belarus, Reuters reported. Disgraced Russian dictator Pootin said that Wagner fighters would be offered the choice of relocating to Belarus as part of a deal that ended Wagner’s rebellion…
Reconstruction should be in the focus of every minister, regional and local leader. This is one of the main vectors by which the work will be evaluated, stressed the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a session of the Cabinet of Ministers on June 28. “We have created the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences…
Ukraine has received a shipment of aid from German partners as part of the agreements to deepen the German-Ukrainian Energy Partnership signed in Kyiv in April by Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck. The shipment includes 27 sets of solar modules with inverters and 26 advanced EcoFlow batteries from Germany’s…
The Latvian government and Competition Council have approved Eesti Gaas’ acquisition of Gaso, a subsidiary of Latvijas Gaze, the Latvian natural gas distribution network. Infortar, the proprietor of Eesti Gaas, has been waiting for this permission before making preparations to go public. Eesti Gaas agreed to buy Latvijas Gaze’s subsidiary Gaso in mid-April, with the…
North-South railway corridor: Valcinet – Ocnita – Balti – Ungheni – Chisinau – Cainari will be rehabilitated. To carry out the works, the European Commission (EC) offers the country a grant worth 20 million euros, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) grants a loan of 23 million euros. The loan and grant…
Global rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has raised Poland’s economic growth forecast to 1.1% in 2023 from 0.9% expected earlier. At the same time, S&P cut its forecast for 2024 by 0.2%, to 3.2%, the company stated in a report published on June 26. According to the agency, after 2023, economic growth in Poland,…
The Government has adopted Resolution No. 631 “On approval of the budget of the Pension Fund of Ukraine for 2023”. The budget revenues of the Pension Fund of Ukraine are set at UAH 768.9 billion, including: – UAH 451.1 billion – own revenues; – UAH 27.7 billion – funds from mandatory state social insurance; –…