Georgia exported locally produced goods worth $4.09 billion between January-September, up by 37.4% YoY, preliminary data from the national statistics office of Georgia showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 68.7% of total exports, amounting to $2.81 billion, up by 29.9%. Georgia’s top trading partners were: China – $541.9 million, Russia…
The European Commission’s current proposal on how to regulate high energy prices does not solve the problem at the moment and must be improved, says Lithuanian Foreign Vice Foreign Minister Jovita Neliupsiene. Her comment came in response to the EC’s proposal on joint gas purchases and the application of price cap mechanisms, but only for…
The government may levy additional fees on investment funds that bulk-buy apartments, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Prime Minister, has said. The Prime Minister made the comment on October 18 after news website wyborcza.pl reported that Heimstaden Bostad, a Swedish residential real estate fund, had purchased all 400 flats in a new-build housing project in Warsaw. “Works…
Women in Lithuania earn 14% less than men. Even in sectors dominated by women, their salaries are often significantly lower. Experts interviewed by LRT Radio note that the stereotypical distinction between male and female professions is becoming less salient. “If you ask me, in what fields I wouldn’t expect to see much women, I would…
As of October 19, Ukraine exported 7.9 million tons of food products since the launch of the “grain corridor”, the Ministry of Agricultural Policy informed. On October 19, 6 ships carrying in total 86.7 thousand tons of agricultural products left the ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenniy for countries of Asia and Europe. In total,…
Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko had a phone call with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, discussing measures to counter Russian terrorism in the energy sector. This was reported by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. Halfway through the call, Galushchenko emphasized that large-scale Russian attacks on energy facilities throughout Ukraine had been going on almost continuously…
Representatives of the companies Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS from Norway and Forensic Risk Alliance & Co of the United Kingdom, nominated by the Public Property Agency (APP) to make the audit of the historical debts of MoldovaGaz company to the Gazprom giant, came to Chisinau on a documentation mission on October 18. The British and…