In Sillamae, everyone will now be able to ride public transportation for free. Meanwhile, the Narva city government considers free bus service too expensive and doubts whether residents of the border city are willing to switch from cars to buses. Residents of Sillamae have been riding local buses for free for the past eight years.…
Bulgaria and Switzerland are launching two new joint initiatives under the Second Swiss Contribution, with a combined value of 18.7 million Swiss francs. The programs, signed on June 25 in Sofia, target two key areas – air quality improvement and integrated migration management. The agreements were signed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation…
The Government has approved a draft law on amendments to the state budget for 2025. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a session of the Cabinet of Ministers on June 25. According to him, the document contain a proposal to increase funding for the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine by UAH…
More and more Ukrainian and international defense technology developers are choosing the special legal and tax regime of Diia.City to develop their projects. More than 300 defense tech companies have already joined the platform. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, the Government expanded the list of activities that companies can use to obtain…
The number of people employed in the service sector is increasing, while the demand for labor in sectors such as agriculture and industry is decreasing. Data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) show this trend, which is characteristic of the first quarter of the year. The number of people employed in the domestic economy was…
The number of foreign workers in Slovakia rose to a record high in May, surpassing 125,000 despite mounting uncertainty over global trade. Compared with the previous month, the total increased by nearly 1,200, and year-on-year by almost 26,000 – a sign of continued reliance on foreign labour to fill persistent gaps in the workforce. Roughly…
Bulgaria has no reason for concern regarding fuel security, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov has assured during his remarks on the state of the energy sector amid the Iran-Israel tensions. Speaking to reporters, he emphasized that the country was fully supplied with fuels, including gasoline, diesel and propane-butane, and that Bulgarian citizens should remain calm despite…