Ukraine: businesses assess their economic performance guardedly

In October, businesses returned to reporting guarded expectations for their current economic performance. This is evidenced by the business activity expectations index (BAEI), which the National Bank of Ukraine calculates on a monthly basis, apart from the forced break in March-May 2022. “Persisting considerable security risks, the destroyed production facilities of some companies, logistical hurdles…

Poland: country tops list of EU pumpkin producers

Poland has been the EU’s largest pumpkin producer since 2020, according to a government agriculture support centre. Over the last ten years, pumpkin production in Poland grew 8-fold, to 400,000 tons annually, the National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR) reported, quoting Eurostat data. According to Eurostat, in the years 2014-2020, Poland’s pumpkin cultivation area grew…

Moldova: Portuguese company to build wind park

Moldova makes important steps to attract foreign investors to the country. An extra proof is a Moldovan-Portuguese economic forum organized in Chisinau, with the participation of President Maia Sandu and her Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. In the context, Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu had a constructive discussion with representatives of the Greenvolt Portuguese company,…