Moldova: ten new trolleybuses start running in Chisinau

Electric Transport company launched ten new trolleybuses on the electric transport routes in the capital. The new AKSM trolleybuses were manufactured at Belkommunmash plant in Minsk and assembled in the RTEC repair workshop. They are equipped with air conditioning systems, indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras and USB sockets. All transport units have LED-based optical blocks,…

Poland: FDI inflows record-high in 2021

The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Poland in 2021 hit a record high of $24.8 billion, up by 82% from pre-pandemic 2019. According to the state-owned think tank, Polish Economic Institute (PIE), Poland was 14th in the world and the third in the EU, behind Germany and Sweden, in terms of the value…

Poland: over 100,000 Ukrainian refugees find jobs

Around 102,000 Ukrainian citizens have found employment in Poland since February 24, when Russia invaded their country, the daily Rzeczpospolita wrote on May 5 citing the Labour Ministry’s data. Under the Polish government’s special law passed in early March, Ukrainian citizens can take up work in Poland without the need to obtain a special permit.…