Moldova: apple producers to be consulted by American expert on creating marketing cooperatives

Moldovan apple producers will benefit on January 16-28 from free consulting on creation of marketing cooperatives from a volunteer of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Farmer-to-Farmer Program, implemented by CNFA (Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture) Moldova. USAID volunteer Bruce Bailey has extensive experience in agricultural development and food security in a number of…

Lithuania: minister to travel by train to Warsaw to meet Rail Baltica and LOT officials

Lithuanian Transport Minister Marius Skuodis will travel to Warsaw by train on the new Vilnius-Kaunas-Mockava-Warsaw route, which was launched in December last year. His trip using the newly launched connection is expected to highlight the project’s significance. Meanwhile, Rail Baltica, a European-gauge railway due to link the Baltic States and Poland, is scheduled to be…

Moldova: seven entrepreneurs to receive grants for promotion on foreign markets

Seven entrepreneurs will access grants worth up to 2 million lei (100,000 euros) on behalf of the state for the promotion of products and services on foreign markets. The businesses were selected for financing within the Programme on Enhancement of Competitiveness of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and their Internationalization. The contracts on non-refundable financing…

Ukraine: IAEA missions at all NPPs to help strengthen nuclear safety in conditions of constant enemy attacks

Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko welcomed the start of IAEA missions at all Ukrainian NPPs. Together with the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, Acting Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Oleh Korikov and President of NNEGC Energoatom Petro Kotin, the Head of the Ministry of Energy visited the South Ukraine…