Poland’s unemployment rate went down to 4.8% in August from 4.9% in July, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. The number of registered unemployed measured 806,900 in August against 810,200 in July, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated August’s unemployment at 4.9%. (The First News/Business World Magazine)
With some Lithuanian MPs proposing to legislate the right of workers to be unavailable after working hours, trade unions say the scale of the issue is huge. Employers, meanwhile, do not see a problem. The Vilnius-based law firm Cobalt employs over 120 lawyers, paralegals and support staff. The lawyers’ union has been working for some…
During his working visit to New York, the USA, on September 22, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida. The parties discussed the challenges associated with russian aggression against Ukraine, in particular the threat of nuclear terrorism from russia. “The key global challenge today is the…
A total of 349 energy infrastructure facilities have been damaged in Ukraine since the Russian full-scale invasion started, including 11 combined heat and power plants (CHPPs) and three thermal power plants (TPPs). The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Communities and Territories Development Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov in his online speech during the Local Self-Government Forum…
Factories have processed 142,000 tons of grapes from the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, with about 13,000 growers generating GEL 141 million ($48.45 million) in income so far, the Georgian national wine agency announced on September 22. Local growers have processed the following grape varieties: Rkatsiteli – 75,000 tons, Saperavi –…
Vilnius is testing the real-time public transport information integrated into Google Maps. The Lithuanian capital as well as Kaunas and Klaipeda are putting their public transport information onto the world’s most popular travel planning platform. The integrated schedules will allow monitoring the location and routes of buses and trolleybuses in real time and will thus…
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvil pledged to explore new avenues in Georgian-Swiss economic cooperation following his meeting with president of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis at the United Nations general assembly in New York. Stressing “successful cooperation in a number of fields”, the officials agreed to further intensify political, economic and other cooperation. Praising “excellent bilateral relations”…