Warsaw-Radom Airport, located around 100 kilometres south of the Polish capital, has serviced 4,500 passengers since it re-opened for business four weeks ago after an extensive modernisation. The airport, which has a chequered history, started handling flights again on April 27, after being officially opened by Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister. The only public airport…
Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth $1.96 billion in January-April, up by 23.6% YoY, the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 50.3% of total exports in the reporting period, amounting to $986.8 million, down by 18.3%. Georgia’s top trading partners were: Russia…
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have signed a memorandum of cooperation to strengthen the Army of Drones project within the framework of the UNITED24 platform. “I am grateful to the head and team of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office for their cooperation, which promotes the development of the…
Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian farmers have received almost UAH 31.8 billion in bank loans for the development of their farms. Of this, 4,700 farms received UAH 17.8 billion under the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9 state programme. The top regions receiving the largest amount of loans under various programmes were as follows: Kyiv…
Amateur and professional athletes in Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi will now benefit from a brand-new Olympic Pool in the city, after the Asian Development Bank-supported construction was completed following two years of work. The Ministry of Infrastructure on May 18 said the Pool was in the testing phase before opening to “children, adults, professional…
Poland booked a EUR 2.9-billion trade surplus in January-March, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) said on May 18 citing data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). PIE wrote that the surplus was partly due to a nearly 16% rise in export prices and an only 11% rise in import prices. The institute noted that export…
New NATO defence plans that will be approved at the summit in Vilnius will serve as an important element of NATO’s deterrence policy. However, there will be a lot of work ahead to implement those plans and practically reinforce NATO’s collective security, Latvia’s Minster of Defence Inara Murniece has said. “I believe in the future…