Poland’s currency is one of the sources of its economic success and giving it up would be a grave mistake, the governor of Poland’s central bank has said in an interview for the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna newspaper. Commenting voices saying Poland should switch to the euro, Adam Glapinski said the fact that Poland had kept…
Lithuania’s Deputy Transport Minister Agne Vaiciukeviciute, accompanied by a delegation of local businesspeople, is visiting Taiwan this week to discuss potential cooperation, the Transport Ministry said on August 8. In Taipei, Vaiciukeviciute is scheduled to meet with Taiwanese deputy ministers of transportation and communications, economy and foreign affairs. “Opportunities for cooperation between Lithuania and Taiwan…
Georgian Railway made over GEL 191 million ($70.4) in income from freight in the first six months of 2022, the highest figure over the last seven years, the company announced on August 8. The company transported a total of 6.8 million tons of cargo in the first two quarters of the year, up by 13.3%.…
Lithuania’s Kedainiai-based phosphate fertiliser producer Lifosa is resuming operations after a nearly four-month break. The company is facing various challenges ahead but hopes to overcome them all, acting CEO Regvita Ivanoviene has said. “We face many challenges, both related to the sale of our products and with the purchase of raw materials. We had to…
On August 1-7, the Customs Service collected over 695.1 million lei (about 34.7 million euros) from the state budget, 17% more than the budgetary burden established for this period. According to the Customs Service, natural persons brought goods with the value in customs exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 19 million lei…
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Lithuania was among the first countries to restrict visas for Russian citizens, including a full ban on tourist visas. However, it has not produced the intended effect – more nationals from the neighbouring country have visited Lithuania than before the war. “If Italy has issued a tourist visa, then, of…
Following the Razoni dry cargo ship loaded with corn, which was the first to leave Ukraine along the “grain corridor”, 20 more ships are ready to leave Odesa, Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon Ihor Ostash has announced this on Facebook. “We are now in Tripoli, but the arrival of the first ship with corn from…