Georgia received $387.2 million from abroad in September, up by 84.6% YoY, the national bank of Georgia said on October 17. Russia ($173.94 million), Italy ($36.29 million) and the United States ($28.68 million) were the largest remittance senders last month. Overall, the vast majority (97.5%) of all money transfers from abroad came from 23 countries.…
Poland’s core inflation, which excludes the prices of food and energy, measured 10.7% YoY in September, up from 9.9% in August, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on October 17. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 17.8% in September, up from 16.7% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most volatile items measured 13.6%…
Romania will allocate $1.4 million to NATO funds dedicated to strengthening the resilience of defence capabilities of Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Jordan, the Romanian foreign office has said. The Romanian foreign office specified that $300,000 from the amount would be allocated to specifically improving the defence capacity of Georgia. The decision corresponds to Romania’s foreign…
The renovated Darius and Girenas Stadium in Kaunas hosted its inaugural game on October 16 following a 43-million-euro renovation. Addresses by the city’s mayor as well as the head of the Lithuanian Football Federation were met with booing amid ongoing controversies. At the opening ceremony, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijosaitis said: “The dream of Darius and…
Air Moldova has made its inaugural flight to Georgia, carrying 140 passengers from Chisinau to Tbilisi, TAV Georgia, the operator of Tbilisi and Batumi international airports, reports. The airline will perform direct flights between the cities using Airbus A319 aircraft twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. During the winter navigation season starting in November,…
Lithuania’s two biggest cities, Vilnius and Kaunas, are turning on central heating this week. In the Lithuanian capital, municipal heating will be switched on gradually starting with Fabijoniskes, Seskine, Pilaite, Senamiestis, Snipiskes, Karoliniskes, Lazdynai, Naujoji Vilnia, Baltupiai and Grigiskes on Monday and Tuesday. From Tuesday, central heating will be switched on in the districts of…
Ukraine has maintained energy stability after the recent massive attacks by the Russian Federation, the aggressor state has failed to intimidate Ukrainians and paralyze the country’s energy industry. This was emphasized by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Facebook as he reported on the government’s work last week. The head of the government noted that in…