Moldova: Cimislia residents to have access to high-performance medical services

The insured persons from the Cimislia district will benefit from high-performance services, such as ultrasound, sonodopplerography, diagnostic, curative and operative endoscopy. The National Medical Insurance Company has signed an additional agreement worth 100 thousand lei with the Cimislia District Hospital, which will offer high-performance medical services for the first time. “Insured persons from the Cimislia…

Lithuania: consumers to be partially compensated after electricity supplier shuts down

The Lithuanian government will provide partial compensation to customers of Perlas Energija, an independent electricity supplier, after its announcement of the suspension of operations, Energy Minister Danius Kreivys has said. “Perlas Energija consumers from the first and second electricity market liberalisation phase can choose another electricity supplier, and they should do it until September 1,”…

Ukraine: monthly budget deficit at $5 billion

The monthly budget deficit of Ukraine amounts to $5 billion.That’s according to President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who raised the issue during a Q&A with Chile’s university community. “We really want our economy to recover. Today we’re suffering. We’re $5 billion short every month. I mean we’ve such a major deficit,” Zelensky said, noting that…

Poland: button mushrooms exports up in 2021

Nearly one out of every three button mushrooms exported globally comes from Poland, a study carried out by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government think-tank, has found. According to the PIE study, in 2021, Poland had a 32% share in the global export of button mushrooms, making it the world leader in this category.…

Lithuania: Russia to pay for Kaliningrad transit shipments via foreign banks

Russian and Belarusian companies could use foreign-based banks, among other ways, to pay Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG) for transit shipments via Lithuania to Kaliningrad, Transport Minister Marius Skuodis has said. “I can neither confirm nor deny that Siauliu Bankas is the only bank processing payments for transit shipments, but what is very important is…