On May 18, the European Commission presented plans for the European Union’s response to address Ukraine’s funding shortfall and long-term reconstruction. This is stated in a press release from the European Commission. In the short-term, the European Commission proposes to launch additional macro-financial assistance in the form of a loan of up to 9 billion…
Ukraine is among top-5 largest exporters of wheat, corn and barley. The share of export amounted to 70-73% in three recent seasons. 99% of the foreign supplies were transported through the seaports that are currently blocked due to the Russian military aggression. Ukraine has exported 18.1 million tons of wheat since the start of 2021-2022…
In the first four months of this year, Warsaw’s Chopin Airport handled more than 2,968,000 passengers, the airport announced in a press statement on May 18. According to the Chopin Airport communique, Poland’s largest airport is seeing “a growing interest in air travel and a gradual restoration in air traffic.” The Q1 results are 28%…
Latvian State Audit said that the report on Ministry of the Interior 2021 annual account underlined multiple capacity problems at multiple institutions that answered to the ministry – the Ministry of the Interior Information Centre, Provision State Agency and Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. Ministry of the Interior Information Centre has used up only…
Over 100 trolleybuses out of a total of 330 issued daily on the capital’s lines are equipped with air conditioning, which is about 30%. Head of the Chisinau Electric Transport Authority (RTEC) Dorin Ciornii provided the data. RTEC management noted that since 2019, the institution had purchased only trolleybuses that were equipped with air conditioning…
A report by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) reveals that the green transformation may accelerate economic growth by as much as 1.1% per year and does not have a negative impact on achieving sustainability targets. According to PIE analyses published in the report “Green economy – the impact of the green economy on the climate…
Lithuania is among the worst European Union member states in terms of opening up and using data crucial for public interest, according to a global data barometer. Lithuania scored 37 out of 100 points in the first-ever survey and was ranked the last in the region, alongside Greece and Malta, Transparency International Lithuanian Chapter said…