Baltic States: auditors sign cooperation agreement to study situation with Rail Baltica

Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian state auditors have signed a cooperation agreement regarding important aspects and problems uncovered in Rail Baltica project’s implementation and financing so far, representatives of Latvian State Audit (VK) report. An assessment of the situation in regards to the project’s implementation, financing and international cooperation-related matters will be performed with Latvia, Lithuania…

Ukraine: agreement signed with U.S. company on purchase of equipment for Khmelnytskyi NPP Unit 5

Ukraine, together with its American partners, continues to move towards the complete removal of russia’s monopoly on the nuclear technology market. On December 17, in the presence of the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko, President of SE NNEGC Energoatom Petro Kotin and President and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company Patrick Fragman signed an…

Ukraine: active business lending by banks to stimulate economic development and strengthen country’s defence capability

Reconstruction of destroyed housing, incentives for banks to participate in government programmes and active lending to small and medium-sized enterprises, increasing trust in government institutions and the banking sector – these and other issues were discussed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko with representatives of Ukrainian and international…

Poland: consumer prices up in November 2023

Poland’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) eased to 6.6% YoY in November from 6.5% in October, stats office GUS data showed. The earlier flash estimate of the stats office showed a 6.5% CPI in November. In monthly terms, Poland’s consumer prices increased by 0.7% in November, while in October they were up by 0.7% compared to…