Poland: duck meat production booming

Polish poultry farmers are increasingly focusing on growing ducks, intending to push the production performance to a record height in 2022, the National Chamber of Poultry and Feed Producers (KIPDiP) says. In 2022, the Polish duck population is expected to reach 25-27 million heads, up by 40-50% YoY, Katarzyna Gawronska, director of KIPDiP, estimates, adding…

Lithuania: annual inflation at 21.1% in August 2022

Annual inflation in Lithuania hit 21.1% in August, according to preliminary estimates by Statistics Lithuania. The main factors behind inflation were growing prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel goods and services, foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages, transport goods and services. The monthly change in consumer prices was 0.6% in August compared to July.…

Georgia: citizens to save $69 million thanks to import of Turkey-made medicines

Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili said calculations showed Georgian customers would save about GEL 200 million ($69 million) thanks to the Government initiatives of importing medicines from the Turkish market and implementing reference prices on the domestic market this year. In his comments to journalists following the weekly Government meeting, Azarashvili said the Government’s expectations…