Two projects worth $8.44 million in all, meant to enhance the resilience and back the refugees and host communities of Moldova, were launched in Chisinau on March 20. The initiatives are financed by the government of Japan and will be implemented in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The first project, amounting to…
Micro-power generation, most of which consisted of solar panels, provided the electrical grid with 109% more electricity in 2022 compared to the previous year, the Polish energy watchdog reported. According to the Energy Regulatory Office (URE), such installations contributed 5.8 TWh of energy to the grid in 2022, which compared to 2.7 TWh in 2021.…
Russia ($467.1 million), Turkey ($387 million) and China ($246.4 million) were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover between January and February, preliminary data from the National Statistics office of Georgia showed. Georgia’s top partners by exports were Armenia ($133.1 million), Russia ($128.2 million) and China ($112.4 million), while the…
Poland’s industrial output rose by 1.2% YoY in February, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on March 20. Month on month, industrial output increased by 0.4%. Economists polled by PAP expected February’s industrial production to grow by 1.1% YoY and by 1.8% MoM. Manufacturing prices increased by 18.4% YoY in February, but fell by 0.4%…
On March 13-19, the Customs Service collected over 707.6 million lei (about 35.3 million euros) to the state budget. According to the institution, private people brought goods with customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments totaling more than 16.9 million lei were collected, which represented 2.4% of the total amount. The money collected from…
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Romeo Mikautadze on March 18 said the Black Sea submarine cable international project, initiated by Georgia, was an “object of international interest”. Mikautadze noted the dates, cost and the way of the installation of the cable would be known this year and highlighted that the 1,200 km long cable would be…
Power supply services have been restored in two more de-occupied settlements in the Kherson region. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration on Telegram. In particular, the supply of electricity was resumed for two villages in the Velyka Oleksandrivka community, namely Tokareve (56 consumers) and Bilousove (73 consumers). In the aforementioned settlements,…