On the night of November 29, a team of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), monitoring the situation at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), heard several explosions in close proximity. The relevant statement was made by the IAEA in its latest update published on the website. “In western Ukraine, an IAEA team monitoring the…
The production and sale of medicines with content of anabolic and androgenic steroids will be banned in Moldova. The members of the parliamentary commission for social protection, health and family have approved a draft law to this effect. The document will prohibit the import, fabrication, sale, prescription and release of medicines with content of anabolic…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revised Bulgaria’s economic growth forecasts in its latest World Economic Outlook report, signaling a 1.7% growth rate for 2023, slowing due to external factors, with a projected acceleration to 2.8% in 2024. Initially anticipating a 1.9% GDP growth for 2023 and 3.2% for 2024, the OECD’s…
Warsaw will introduce enhanced checks of Ukrainian carriers on access roads to the border, Polish Minister of Infrastructure Alvin Gajadhur has said after a meeting with Polish carriers on November 29. Gajadhur said he wanted to fight unfair competition from foreign companies that were taking away the market from honest Polish carriers. “The result of…
The Government has provided industrial consumers with the opportunity to import electricity to ensure stable operation in the event of a shortage of generating capacity in the power system. This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine. “This winter there is a risk of continued energy terror…
Since the beginning of the year, 12,700 Ukrainian agricultural enterprises have received UAH 67.6 billion in bank loans for development. Of these, 9,800 enterprises received UAH 38.7 billion in loans under the Government’s Affordable Loans at 5-7-9 programme. Agricultural enterprises in the following regions received the largest amount of loans under various programmes: Kyiv region…
Prime Minister Dorin Recean requested the dismissal of the Public Procurement Agency management on November 29. “I request you to dismiss the Public Procurement Agency head because public procurement there is neither efficient nor complete, the online platform has gaps in functionality and does not ensure sufficient transparency, so the head and all the management…