Possibilities to get preferential credits for the agricultural sector in 2023 to increase food security and improve productivity were discussed by leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) and representatives of financial institutions in the country and farmers. They considered the options for postponing payments on loans granted to agricultural producers, especially…
Support for Ukraine’s energy sector from international partners has reached almost $1.5 billion. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this in a post on Facebook, summing up the results of the past week. “Assistance to the energy sector from partners is gaining momentum. We have almost $1.5 billion in declared support. Additional equipment is arriving every…
The shelling of energy infrastructure will have no significant impact on consumer price dynamics, but the shift of businesses to power generators could cause inflation to increase by 1-2% in 2023. Yuliya Svyridenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, touched upon the issue at a briefing on December 22. “Persistent power…
Romeo Mikautadze, Georgia’s Deputy Minister for Economy and Sustainable Development, on December 23 said the country’s domestic electricity production hit 13 billion kWh this year, a “record-high figure” as well as a 15% increase YoY. Addressing the Parliament’s Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee, the official said more than two-thirds of the domestic electricity generation…
A 1,000-HP, 18.3-liter engine driving a 55-ton German self-propelled howitzer PzH 2000 is buzzing in a hangar in Lithuania’s Rukla. As the sound fills the hangar, many in the building, including 18 men in blue uniforms, stare back. The latter are Ukrainian army mechanics who trained in Lithuania in December to repair such howitzers. “This…
The Rural Competitiveness and Resilience Activity (RCRA) Project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched an appeal of grants meant for the Associations of Users of Water for Irrigation (AUAI) in order to help them invest in the production and use of renewable energy in the process of pumping and distribution…
Poland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged MoM at 5.1% in November, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. Economists polled by PAP expected a 5.2% unemployment figure in November. The number of registered unemployed measured 800,200 in November against 796,000 in October, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated November’s unemployment at 5.1%.…