Poland is ready to develop its infrastructure to transport Ukrainian grain blocked by Russia to the Middle East and Africa, Mateusz Morawiecki prime minister of Poland said on May 31. “I have told our friends in the EU that Poland is ready to change and expand its border, transport, railway and port infrastructures in a…
Latvian parliament’s Public Administration and Local Government Committee decided to not support the proposal for giving municipalities the right to fully restrict gambling activities within their respective territories. The proposal was submitted by Seaima deputy Viktors Valainis prior to the third reading of the Law on Local Governments. He proposed “issuing commercial permits and licenses,…
Approximately 2,000 amendments have been submitted to the draft Family Benefits Bill by the Reform Party to slow the legislation’s progress through the Riigikogu. The Center Party has agreed to hold extended sittings to process them. Reform whip Mart Vorklaev said this had been done for several reasons. A substantive debate should be held to…
A total of 12 types of Georgian wine have been exported to Qatar since May 27, marking the first batches of Georgian wine export to the country, the Georgian National Wine Agency reports. As a result of the cooperation between the Embassy of Georgia in Qatar and the country’s Distribution Company, Georgian wine will soon…
Energocom has extended the contract for June at a price of $59.90/MWh with the Kuchurgan power station, according to Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development. “In addition, Energocom will sign a 30% energy delivery contract with EnergoAtom (Ukrainian state-owned company). The weighted average price of electricity for June will be…
Western sanctions on Russia are inflicting increasing economic pain, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said. Morawiecki made the claim upon the conclusion of an EU summit in Brussels on May 31 where EU leaders agreed on an oil embargo against Russia, hitting at the foundations of the country’s economy. “The sanctions are slowly…
In more than three months, the support of Ukraine’s allies amounted to $7 billion, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced during a Government session on May 31. “Every day we work and negotiate to increase aid. For example, today we will approve the terms of attracting financial support from the Government of Canada in the amount…