Ukraine: World Bank and IMF chiefs to discuss rebuilding phase with Shmyhal and Marchenko

On April 21, World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko to discuss further financial aid. “We’re going to have an important meeting on April 21, where we’ll talk with Ukraine’s prime minister and the…

Poland: budget for local railways to be doubled

The budget for the government’s Railway Plus program, aimed to develop local rail connections, will be doubled to PLN 11 billion (EUR 2.37 billion), Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has said. Speaking in the south-eastern town of Janow Lubelski on April 20, Morawiecki said the Cabinet would approve the program later in the day. “It…

Moldova: economic relations with United States to be strengthened

On the sidelines of a working visit to the United States, Deputy Prime Minister Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration attended a roundtable discussion with representatives of the American-Central European Business Association (ACEBA). According to the MAEIE press service, Popescu expressed the country’s interest in strengthening economic and investment relations with ACEBA…

Poland: manufacturing costs boost inflation

Poland’s high inflation in recent quarters has been fuelled by rising manufacturing costs owing to growing prices of oil and gas as well as government decisions, the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) has said. Core inflation, which excludes the prices of food and energy, reached 6.9% YoY in March, the National Bank of Poland (NBP)…