Lithuania: gas use to be easily cut by 15%

Lithuania would have no difficulty meeting the European Commission’s recommendation to reduce its natural gas consumption if there is a shortage of gas this coming winter, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys has said. Kreivys said Lithuania could replace gas used for heating in Vilnius with fuel oil, noting that businesses were cutting their gas use as…

Poland: unemployment down in June 2022

Poland’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in June from 5.1% in May, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on July 25. The number of registered unemployed measured 818,000 in June against 850,200 in the previous month, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated June’s unemployment at 4.9%. (The First News/Business World…

Ukraine: food reserves created immediately provide aid within liberated areas

Each regional administration, whose territories were temporarily seized by Russian troops, created food reserves to provide local residents with food supplies as soon as such areas were liberated, the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reported. “Today, basic food packages and food reserves have been created at each regional military administration, whose territories are temporarily under…