Poland’s unemployment rate fell by 0.1% MoM in June, to 5 %, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on July 25. The number of registered unemployed measured 783,500 in June against 802,300 in May, GUS said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry also estimated June’s unemployment rate at 5%. Economists polled by PAP expected…
Last week, 486 entrepreneurs received loans totalling UAH 1.8 billion under the Government’s Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme. Since the beginning of 2023, banks have granted 14,000 loans worth UAH 50 billion to businesses. Since the start of the programme in February 2020, 67,400 loans worth UAH 217.5 billion have been disbursed. Most of the…
Sanctions against Russian nuclear industry can become a real tool and force Russia to return to the negotiating table to agree on the de-occupation of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko has stated in a commentary for the American TV channel Newsmax. “The country that started the war and…
On July 17-23, the Customs Service collected over 700.6 million lei (about 35 million euros) to the state budget. Private people brought goods with customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments of over 25.2 million lei were collected, which represented 3.6% of the total amount. The money collected from taxpayers is paid directly into…
Krakow’s Balice Airport, located in southern Poland, crossed the threshold of 5 million passengers serviced since the beginning of this year, the president of the airport announced on July 24. Radoslaw Wloszek said that these numbers indicated that the scale of passenger traffic was returning to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic. He pointed out…
Sense Bank, used to be owned by Russian oligarchs, is now controlled by Ukraine and will operate as usual. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his video address. “Today, the procedure regarding one of the systemic banks, which belonged to Russian oligarchs, ended. Now, it has public management. The rights…
On July 20, Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, met with a World Bank delegation led by Antonella Bassani, Vice President for Europe and Central Asia. The Ministry of Economy and the World Bank are stepping up their cooperation to mobilise funding from donors and international financial institutions for…