The new head of the Ministry for Strategic Industries should relaunch the agency and transform it to meet the needs of the country at war. This was stated by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, during the introduction of the newly appointed Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin to…
Poland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged month on month in February at 5.5%, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on March 23. Economists polled by PAP expected a 5.5% unemployment figure in the second month of 2023. The number of registered unemployed measured 864,800 in February against 857,600 in January, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family…
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili on March 23 told the Parliament he was expecting maintenance of “positive dynamics” of economic growth in the country and even higher figures this year. Khutsishvili told MPs data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed the real gross domestic product grew by 10.1% YoY in 2022, with…
Priorities in the social-economic protection of employees were discussed at a meeting between Prime Minister Dorin Recean and members of the National Trade Union Confederation of Moldova, the government’s communication and protocol department reported. He said that the authorities remained focused on increasing productivity, encouraging honest work and increasing the salary level in the public…
Around 89% of Poles consume meat at least a few times a week, a new study has shown. Although in recent years meat consumption in Poland has fallen, as in much of Europe, the research published by Kantar Polska and BLIX Group reveals that meat is still an important item on the menu of Poles.…
A protocol between the Customs Service, General Inspectorate of Border Police from Moldova and the Administration of the State Border Guard Service, State Fiscal Service of Ukraine on the organization of joint control at the joint border crossing point Basarabeasca – Serpniovo-1 on the territory of Moldova has been signed. At a meeting held in…
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concern that the last remaining backup 330 kilovolt (kV) power line at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), damaged three weeks ago, remains under repair. This is said in a statement published on the IAEA’s website. “The last remaining backup 330…