The decision to cut excise duty on diesel already had an impact, Lithuanian Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas said on April 22. “The crisis is certainly not over. There was definitely an effect from the excise cut. There is that psychological price of two euros per litre for diesel, and that has been pushed down,” Vaiciunas…
The First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy, Denys Shmyhal, took part in a meeting of the Coalition Council, where opportunities for deregulation in the energy sector were discussed. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko, Members of Parliament, and mayors. “The Ministry of Energy maintains an active…
Ukrzaliznytsia in partnership with Visa is adding six new children’s compartment carriages to its fleet. All of them will undergo major renovation, will be supplemented with educational and interactive components and adapted for comfortable and safe travel with children. The first three carriages have already undergone complete re-equipment and set off on their first flight…
On April 20, the Bulgarian National Bank conducted an auction for government securities from an issue maturing on January 28, 2031, with the Ministry of Finance placing bonds on the market worth 150 million euros. The securities were offered at a fixed annual interest rate of 2.75%, with coupon payments scheduled every six months and…
Slovakia emerged as a key focus in the widening extortion case involving German baby food producer HiPP, after authorities confirmed contaminated jars had been placed directly in a local supermarket. According to investigators, the extortion plot specifically targeted a Tesco store in Dunajska Streda, where two jars of baby food were allegedly tampered with and…
The Transport Administration plans to thoroughly reconstruct Estonia’s most accident-prone intersection, the Juri roundabout in Rae Parish, so that the Tallinn Ring Road runs straight through it. The Juri interchange is a unique interchange in Estonia, where traffic passes through a large roundabout with a diameter of 390 meters. The Tallinn ring road is interrupted…
During January-March, owners of luxury cars paid 82.9 million UAH of transport tax to the budget. Compared to the corresponding period last year, revenues increased by 25.5% (or +16.8 million UAH). The undisputed leader was Kyiv, which received almost a third of the tax paid – 24.4 million UAH. Dnipropetrovsk region received 8.3 million UAH,…