Poland’s GDP should rise by 1.6% in 2023 after a 4% growth in 2022 and against a 3.6% forecast earlier, the World Bank has said in a report. “Poland’s economic growth is expected to slow down in 2023 more markedly than initially expected because the continuing war in Ukraine has dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic…
An X-ray control system for trains crossing from Belarus into Lithuania has been put into trial operation at the Kena border checkpoint, the Customs Department said on October 4, adding that the project cost 5.6 million euros. The system operates in automatic mode and can scan trains traveling at speeds of up to 60 kilometres…
Over 8,000 farmers from the Republic of Moldova whose activity is affected by the impact of the war in Ukraine will be helped to overcome the consequences. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), together with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will implement until 2024 a project with a budget of two million…
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) is taking over 500 G-36 automatic rifles from the country’s armed forces. Border guards are to receive almost 1,700 more of these weapons from the military in 2022, the VSAT said in a press release on October 4. The G-36 rifles will replace border guards’ weapons that do…
Georgian health minister Zurab Azarashvili on October 3 said financing of medications against chronic illnesses would be increased by GEL 30 million ($10.68 million) in the 2023 state budget. He also said the list of subsidised drugs would be expanded as part of the move. “We will implement reference pricing for medications beginning in January.…
In retaliation for Western sanctions, Russia has closed its borders to trucks registered in EU countries. Lithuanian hauliers said the Russian market accounted for a diminishing share of their business, although markets further east might be lost for ever. When the EU adopted new sanctions in spring banning Russia and Belarus from transporting goods throughout…
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink discussed further financial support for Ukraine. The Ukrainian prime minister wrote this on Twitter. “Discussed with US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink steps of further US support for Ukraine. Among them are the following: financial assistance, confiscation of russian assets, recovery of Ukraine. We…