Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on March 6 highlighted Georgia’s achievements in tourism, economy, trade, transport, energy and other fields at a press briefing to about 200 figures from international media just hours before the opening gala of ITB Berlin, the world’s major international tourism fair that was showcasing Georgia as its Host Country in…
Inflation might fall to single figures before the end of the year, a deputy finance minister said on March 6. Poland has been struggling with a high inflation rate for a number of months, and in January it hit 17.2%. But in a radio interview, Artur Sobon said that a marked drop in inflation was…
The rate of passage of the practical examination in driving at the first attempt is 17% of the number of people who take the exam. This accounts for 5.8% of all number of attempts, according to the Public Services Agency (ASP). “In 2022, ASP’s department for registration of transport means and drivers’ qualification registered 154,761…
Poland’s budget deficit was much lower than planned in 2022, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said. The prime minister revealed the latest deficit figures at a public finance conference held at Warsaw’s National Stadium on March 6. “Today I can say that the budget deficit for 2022 was PLN 12.4 billion (EUR 2.63 billion),” he…
On February 27 – March 5, the Customs Service collected over 726.9 million lei (36.3 million euros) to the state budget. According to the institution, private people brought goods with the value in customs exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments worth more than 20.2 million lei were collected, which represented 2.8% of the total amount…
Polish retail sales went up by 2.4% YoY in January after a 4.3% increase in December 2022, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported on March 6. Month on month, retail sales went up by 1.2%, the agency also said. Retail sales in the eurozone fell by 2.3% YoY in January after a 2.8% decline a…
At an extraordinary meeting within the framework of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine, the Government approved the State Anti-Corruption Program for 2023-2025. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal noted that the document was a key tool for implementing the Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2021-2025, established by law of Ukraine. “The program…