Moldova: France to provide financial assistance to modernize railway infrastructure

The government of France might provide Moldova with financial assistance for the modernization of the railway infrastructure on the Chisinau-Ungheni segment. The members of the parliament’s commission for foreign policy and European integration on February 15 approved the starting of negotiations to this end. Under the document, the sum of the financial assistance will be…

Poland: CPI up in January 2023

Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) increased by 17.2% YoY and by 2.4% MoM in January, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 15. Economists polled by PAP Business estimated that January’s CPI would reach 17.7% YoY and 2.7% MoM. In December 2022, the prices of consumer goods and services…

Poland: Lodz remains most congested city

The central Polish city of Lodz has once again headed the list of the country’s most congested cities, according to a report by satellite navigation maker TomTom published on February 15. TomTom’s Traffic Index report said that due to traffic jams, Lodz’s drivers lost 77 hours in 2022. However, in terms of the slowest-moving traffic,…

Moldova: inflation rate down in January 2023

This January, the inflation rate dropped to 27.3%. In the coming period, it will continue to decrease, with average annual inflation forecast at 13.7% in 2023 and 5.5% in 2024. The data were presented by governor of the National Bank of Moldova (BNM) Octavian Armasu. “Inflation reached its maximum level in October 2022, being 34.6%.…