In February, the total amount of Ukraine’s state and state-guaranteed debt decreased by UAH 48.48 billion in the hryvnia equivalent, while in the U.S. dollar equivalent, the debt increased by $9.5 million. As of February 28, the total state and state-guaranteed debt amounted to UAH 7,019.53 billion ($169.09 billion), including: – State and state-guaranteed external…
Plans for the development of distributed generation and issues of energy supplies for the regions were discussed at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal on March 26. The event brought together Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba, Minister of Energy German…
More Bulgarians are rushing to purchase property, fearing that housing prices will rise further after the country joins the Eurozone. According to a Bulgaria ON AIR interview with credit consultant Tihomir Toshev, citizens face increasing difficulties in buying homes, particularly in larger cities, where the rise in property prices has outpaced income growth. This trend…
Mild winters prevent bears from hibernating for long. Large numbers of beehives and silage bales have yet to be ravaged this year, but many beekeepers have given up on reporting bear damage due to the bureaucratic hassle involved in getting compensated. Estonia’s brown bears have woken up from hibernation. They’ve already been spotted on trail…
On March 26, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko met in Kyiv with Chair of the Ukraine Facility Audit Board Marek Belka, Deputy Chair Gijs De Vries and board member Gunnar Walzholz. The meeting was also attended by First Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Denys Uliutin. The European Commission established the Audit Board…
In January-February, a total of UAH 336.6 billion was directed from Ukraine’s state budget general fund to finance the security and defense sector. The relevant statement was made by the Finance Ministry on Telegram. “In January-February, the expenditures from the state budget general fund on the security and defense sector came to UAH 336.6 billion,…
An escalating global trade war could wipe out nearly all of Slovakia’s expected economic growth next year and lead to the loss of 20,000 jobs, the country’s central bank warned. New import tariffs introduced by the United States, and retaliatory measures by its trading partners, would push the Slovak economy into a period of pronounced…