The International Monetary Fund expects Bulgaria’s GDP growth to slow to 1.7% in 2023 from 3.4% last year, before accelerating to 3.2% in 2024. The fund’s autumn forecast was better than the spring report, according to which Bulgaria’s GDP was expected to grow this year by 1.4%. In spring, however, the IMF expected the Bulgarian…
On October 7-11, Moldova participates with a country stand in the world’s largest trade fair for food and beverages, Anuga, held in Cologne, Germany. The country presents a variety of agri-food products such as dried fruits, juices and cans, pastry and culinary, bee honey and bee products, as well as ice cream under a common…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut Poland’s GDP growth forecast for 2023 to 0.6% from the 1.2% estimated earlier, it has said in its latest edition of the World Economic Outlook. But it also revised up its forecast for 2024 to 2.3% from the 2.2% predicted in an earlier report. At the same time,…
In September, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry raised about UAH 23 billion in the state budget from the placement of war bonds. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Finance Ministry on Facebook. Meanwhile, about UAH 185 billion worth of war bonds were issued in January-September. At the end of September, Ukrainian citizens owned about…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has praised Ukraine’s achievements in anti-corruption policy in five areas, Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) reports. According to the report, a Ukrainian delegation led by NACP Deputy Head Iaroslav Liubchenko took part in the presentation of the report within the 5th round of monitoring of…
On October 2-8, the Customs Service collected over 667.9 million lei (about 33.3 million euros) to the state budget. Private people brought goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments totaling over 27.8 million lei were collected, which represented 4.2% of the total amount. The money collected from taxpayers is paid directly…
In connection with the current situation in Israel, Poland’s national air carrier LOT and the Hungarian low-fare airline Wizz Air have cancelled their flights to and from Tel Aviv planned for October 8. The Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel around 6:30 a.m. local time on October…