The Georgian Maritime Transport Agency on January 24 rejected the statement of Yury Vladimirov, the General Director of the Sochi seaport, on alleged negotiations regarding the commencement of maritime transportation of passengers between Georgia and Russia, adding there had been no sea transport between the countries. The Russian side has not applied to Georgia on…
Speaker Igor Grosu had a meeting with Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Tomasz Grodzki, who was on an official visit to Chisinau, together with a group of Polish senators, the parliament’s communication and public relations department reported. The discussion focused on many issues, including the security situation in the region, the…
The Cabinet of Ministers has regularized working conditions for foreigners and stateless persons in Ukraine by approving sample documents required to obtain or extend validity of relevant permits. The same decision, adopted at a Government meeting on January 24, regulates and brings in line with the applicable legislation the rules for employment of gig specialists…
Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak held a regular meeting via videoconference to discuss the supply of equipment needed to repair Ukraine’s power grid. “Speed is very important to us. This is the key point. Millions of Ukrainians have been suffering for several months now and do not have basic amenities,” Yermak said, the…
In 2022, every tenth entrepreneur from the Republic of Moldova received support from the state through the Organization for Entrepreneurship Development (ODA), and the volume of financing granted in the form of grants, financial guarantees or subsidies was about 720 million lei, ODA director Dumitru Pintea reported. “Thus, in 2022, 1375 enterprises were supported through…
The National Wine Agency will spend GEL 2 million ($756,000) on promoting Georgian wine at international industry fairs and domestic events throughout 2023. The agency said it would set aside the sum from its overall GEL 14 million ($5.2 million) budget, and said the product would be featured in “all important international exhibitions”. The effort…
SEB Bank has published the latest Nordic Outlook. It indicates that commercial banks have downgraded Latvia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate forecast for 2023 from the initial 1.1% to 0.4%. SEB Bank has also downgraded its own forecast for Latvia’s GDP growth for 2024 from November 2022 initially estimated 3.5% to 2.7%, which means…