Ukraine: Japan to help restore energy infrastructure

Japan is ready to provide assistance to Ukraine in the restoration of energy infrastructure damaged or destroyed as a result of hostilities. “Special attention at the meeting was paid to the readiness of the Japanese side to help restore Ukraine’s critical infrastructure facilities damaged or destroyed during the hostilities, in particular, by providing the necessary…

Georgia: money transfers to up in September 2022

Georgia received $387.2 million from abroad in September, up by 84.6% YoY, the national bank of Georgia said on October 17. Russia ($173.94 million), Italy ($36.29 million) and the United States ($28.68 million) were the largest remittance senders last month. Overall, the vast majority (97.5%) of all money transfers from abroad came from 23 countries.…

Poland: core inflation rate up in September 2022

Poland’s core inflation, which excludes the prices of food and energy, measured 10.7% YoY in September, up from 9.9% in August, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on October 17. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 17.8% in September, up from 16.7% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most volatile items measured 13.6%…

Georgia: Romania to allocate $300,000 to strength defence capability

Romania will allocate $1.4 million to NATO funds dedicated to strengthening the resilience of defence capabilities of Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Jordan, the Romanian foreign office has said. The Romanian foreign office specified that $300,000 from the amount would be allocated to specifically improving the defence capacity of Georgia. The decision corresponds to Romania’s foreign…