Almost 900,000 Ukrainian refugees have found legal work in Poland under simplified employment regulations, the family and social policy minister has said. Marlena Malag told a conference on Polish support for Ukraine at the Prime Minister’s Office on February 6 that help for Ukrainians fleeing the war was a joint effort by the national government,…
Renovation of Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital, construction of Anaklia deep-sea port on the Black Sea coast and the Khudoni hydropower plant on Enguri River in the northwest of the country were among projects highlighted by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on February 6. Garibashvili noted the projects at the weekly Government meeting, saying…
A project backed by Switzerland and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a contest for the selection of three micro-regions beneficiaries of foreign support. The full file on participation will be sent by electronic means not later than February 23. The Resilient and Inclusive Markets in Moldova (PRIM) project supports local communities, so…
Inflation in Poland will fall below 10% within six months, the head of the state-run Polish Development Fund (PFR) has said. In December 2022, Poland’s inflation reached 16.6% YoY, the country’s statistical office reported. Inflation for the whole past year hit 14.4%, the highest level since 1997. Speaking at a regional conference in Warsaw on…
About $25 million will be invested this year in the livestock sector in Moldova, to increase the resilience of milk production farms, to improve the conditions of animal maintenance, as well as to equip the farms with specialized equipment and software. This will be a part of the total amount of $55 million, offered by…
Polish retail sales went up by 3% YoY in December 2022 after a 5.7% increase in November 2022, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported on February 6. Month on month, retail sales went down by 3.3%, the agency also said. Retail sales in the eurozone fell by 2.8% YoY in December 2022 after a 2.5%…
Almost 50 auctions are planned to be held in February within the framework of small privatization. “There are objects of suspended construction that have not been in operation for years, metal production facilities that may now be in demand for those enterprises that relocate and resume defense production, another distillery in Chernivtsi region, production facilities…