The Court of Justice of the European Union reported the decision was made to maintain in force the verdict with which Lithuanian state railway company Lietuvos gelezinkeliai was fined EUR 20.069 million for demolishing Mazeiki-Renge railway section. Complying with the decision of the European Commission (EC), Lithuania did restore the railway section. In February 2020,…
On January 13, 11 vessels with 313,500 tons of agricultural products left the ports of Greater Odesa. Three bulk carriers are heading to African countries at once. Bulk carrier Lady Litel with 31,000 tons of wheat – for Libya, bulk carrier East Wind 1 with 25,000 tons – for Tunisia and bulk carrier Lady Hatice…
In times of war, the agricultural sector has become the basis of Ukrainian exports and, accordingly, the guarantor of foreign exchange earnings from trade. Four of the top 5 positions of goods that Ukraine sold last year were food and agricultural products. The agrarian part last year amounted to 53% of total exports. The total…
The largest number of foreigners working in Poland are Ukrainians, the family and social policy minister has said. Marlena Malag cited data from ZUS, Poland’s main insurer, which showed that 1,063,300 foreigners were legally employed in Poland in December 2022, a rise by 191,700 from January 2022. Malag noted the majority were Ukrainian refugees who…
In 2022, consumer prices in 2022 increased on average by 28.7% YoY. The National Statistics Bureau (BNS) unveiled the data. At the same time, in December 2022, compared to the same month in 2021, average consumer prices increased by 30.2%. The increase was influenced in particular by the increase in the prices of food products…
The Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs is discussing a proposal by a group of MPs to restrict the activities of Lithuanian residents and businesses in Russia. The so-called Lopata Resolution (named after liberal MP Raimundas Lopata, one of the authors of the proposal formally entitled On Limiting Terrorist Russia’s Influence) was discussed at a…
Poland’s GDP should rise by 0.7% in 2023 against a 3.6% forecast earlier, the World Bank has said in a report. The World Bank has downgraded Poland’s economic growth in 2023 to 0.7% from a 3.6% increase expected in June 2022, said the bank in its report, which was published on January 10. The World…