In Q3, Latvia was one of two countries in the European Union (EU) in which a GDP drop was observed, according to data published by Eurostat on December 7. According to seasonally adjusted data, Latvia’s GDP dropped by 0.4% YoY. An even bigger drop was observed in Estonia – 2.3%. In Lithuania, however, GDP increased…
The Monetary Policy Council (RPP), the Polish central bank’s rate-setting body, has kept the reference interest rate at 6.75%. The National Bank of Poland’s Lombard rate remained at 7.25%, the rediscount rate at 6.80% and the discount rate at 6.85%, the RPP announced after its sitting on December 7. The RPP also left the deposit…
The public transport drivers’ strike in Vilnius entered its fourth day on December 8 after Vilniaus Viesasis Transportas (Vilnius Public Transport, VVT) and the municipal company’s trade union failed to make progress in talks. “The strike continues, and given the company’s actions, it will continue next week,” Algirdas Markevicius, president of the VVT trade union,…
Almost 3,000 unemployed people are involved in performing public works in seven regions under the Army of Recovery project. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko on the air of the National TV Marathon. “The Government offers Ukrainians who have lost their jobs but are willing…
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has regularly submitted amendments to the state budget to finance the Ministry of Defense over the past nine months of the war, Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar has said at a briefing at the Military Media Center. “In order for the Ministry of Defense to be able to finance…
Lithuania could accept up to 30,000 Ukrainians, as Europe gears up for a new wave of refugees from Ukraine, Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Minister Monika Navickiene has said. “We think that we would be ready to receive about 6,000 to 8,000 people right now if they were to cross the Lithuanian border. Certain schools…
The European Investment Bank (BEI) will provide Moldova with an additional loan worth 100 million euros. The members of the parliament’s commission for foreign policy and European integration have approved a consultative note for starting negotiations and approving the signing of the contract on financing between Moldova and EIB for the supply and carrying out,…