Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), Lithuania’s state-owned railway company, and the country’s three largest cities will continue offering free public transport to refugees from Ukraine next year. LTG Link, LTG’s passenger arm, said all people fleeing the war in Ukraine could use the company’s services free of charge. “From August 1, local train services in…
Georgia exported locally produced goods worth $5.03 billion in January-November, up by 31.8% YoY, preliminary data from the national statistics office of Georgia showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 67.6% of total exports in the reporting period, amounting to $3.40 billion, up by 21.2%. Georgia’s top trading partners were: China…
The total outstanding debts of Polish consumers grew by PLN 4.9 billion (EUR 1.04 billion) over the twelve months till October and reached PLN 77.4 billion (EUR 16.50 billion), a debt registry reported. According to BIG InfoMonitor and the BIK debtor database, about 2.7 million Poles had problems with paying their debts as of October.…
Berries producers in Moldova need to diversify their markets to be able to develop further. Dmitri Dodica, executive director of the Association Pomusoarele Moldovei, made the statement at a workshop dedicated to the berries market in 2022 and forecasts for 2023. Attending the event were over 40 producers of various types of bacifera, who confirmed…
59% of Poles are planning to spend no more than PLN 100 (EUR 21) on Christmas gifts for a single person this year, a survey has found. 47% of people declared the PLN 50-100 price range and 12% are planning to spend even less than PLN 50, according to a survey by UCE Research and…
The Ukrainian women who have fled to Lithuania are not waiting for social payments or assistance from the state. While some go to work, others take matters into their hands and start businesses from scratch. Natalia Nesterenko and Yekaterina Semenyuk were running a dairy business in Kyiv before the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.…
On December 18, power supply was restored to another 3 million Ukrainians. In total, after the Russian recent missile attack, electricity had been restored to nine million residents of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a nightly video address to the nation. “Power was restored to another three million Ukrainians. Plus six million yesterday.…