The average Pole planned to spend PLN 195 (EUR 41.50) on this New Year’s Eve, up by 5% YoY. In a Quality Watch survey for debt registry BIG InfoMonitor, 24% said they would not spend any additional money on New Year’s Eve and the figure was 7% higher than last year. 5% of Poles said…
Last year, Moldova had to face a string of overlapped crises, as a result of the multidimensional effects of the war in Ukraine: on the one hand, the humanitarian crisis, triggered by the wave of refugees, which must be managed by the Moldovan authorities, on the other hand, an economic crisis, triggered by the consequences…
Polish refinery Rafineria Gdanska and fuel importer Unimot have been put on a protected entities list by the Polish government after concerns raised over Rafineria Gdanska’s sale to Saudi firm Aramco. In early 2022, Poland’s biggest fuel firm, PKN Orlen, took over its smaller peer Lotos but was required by the European Commission (EC) to…
Since the launch of the fundraising platform UNITED24, UAH 1,042,468,050 has been raised for healthcare needs. For the funds gathered, according to the decision of the relevant commission on their distribution, Medical Procurement of Ukraine purchased more than 9,000 units of medical and other equipment and transport. UNITED24 is an international fundraising platform initiated by…
A total of 10,500 tons of medical humanitarian aid worth UAH 12,850 million has been delivered to Ukraine during the period of martial law. It is assistance from more than 35 countries, international and partner organizations, Ukrainian and foreign businesses, and directly from medical institutions of other countries. In particular, the following items were received:…
Riga Stradins University (RSU) reports that a NATO-backed study of Baltic-Chinese relations has concluded. This study focused on the public opinions of Baltic residents towards the far-away superpower. In the last decade China’s economic, military and political authority has increased very rapidly. This superpower’s influence is felt in regions within which this country had minimal…
Inflation in the eurozone has not peaked yet and may follow the trajectory seen in the Baltic States where consumer price rises have been in excess of 20%, Gediminas Simkus, Lithuanian central bank chief, has told the Financial Times. “When I look at the inflationary pressures in the euro area, it resembles what we experienced…