Poland’s State Treasury will buy out shares in the Polish Mining Group (PGG), Europe’s biggest coal mining conglomerate, from four shareholders in which the Treasury has stakes. The State Treasury will buy 20.43% of shares in PGG from PGNiG Termika, 15.32% of shares from PGE Gornictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna, 7.66% from Enea and 15.32% from…
Lithuania will shut part of the Vilnius-Kaunas motorway until August 6 morning, the Road Directorate has announced. People travelling from Vilnius to Kaunas between 23:00 and 06:00 will have to divert at Vievis to take the regional road No 4714. The road closure is due to the implementation of reconstruction works on the interchange, the…
The Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance has found 22 pharmacies to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia. A large quantity of psychoactive drugs has been confiscated from the pharmacies. Police found none of the pharmacies had proper permits to sell psychoactive drugs, although they were selling various…
With skyrocketing electricity and gas prices, businesses in Lithuania are looking for ways to save money. Business associations suggest that big firms could have their employees work on weekends, when electricity is cheaper. Meanwhile, trade unions say now is the time to talk about a four-day working week. The Lithuanian Business Confederation is calling on…
From September 1, massive privatization should start in Ukraine. This was emphasized by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a conference call with heads of regions on August 3. “The President of Ukraine has set the task of starting privatization from September. For this purpose, the Verkhovna Rada has adopted relevant legislation and the Government has…
The Razoni bulk carrier has passed the inspection of the Joint Coordination Center and is ready to proceed to its destination. As the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine posted on Facebook, the ship carrying Ukrainian corn left the Odesa port on August 1 and headed to the port of Tripoli in…
In 2022-2023 academic year, the Government will finance, from the state budget, 23 places in the postdoctoral study programs. A decision in this sense was approved on August 3 during the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the government’s communication and protocol department reported. Thus, seven places will be allocated for research in the field…