Bulgaria has effectively completed the transition period for adopting the euro, though formal legal adoption remains pending. Euro banknotes are now fully integrated into circulation, with the process secured and well-organized. According to Vladimir Ivanov, head of the Euro Mechanism and chairman of the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets, 87% of levs have…
In January, Latvia’s unemployment rate stood at 6.9%, which was higher than the average levels in both the European Union (EU) and the eurozone, according to data published on March 4 by the EU’s statistical office, Eurostat. According to the data, higher unemployment rates among EU member states in January were recorded in Finland (10.2%),…
Russia is conducting disinformation campaigns around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in order to hide its crimes or shift responsibility for them onto Ukraine, manipulating the IAEA mission and seeking to “normalize” the seizure of the Ukrainian plant. The Center for Strategic Communications SPRAVDI stated this in an article, marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s…
In Russia, a new GOST for white bread made from wheat flour will come into effect on April 1, replacing the previous standard from 1986. According to the new GOST, the text of which is cited by “RIA Novosti”, it is allowed to produce oven bread (baked on the bottom of the oven – on…
JSC Ukrposhta, together with its employees, paid more than UAH 3.6 billion in taxes to national and local budgets last year. This was reported on Telegram by the company’s CEO, Igor Smelyansky. “Ukrposhta and its employees paid over UAH 3.6 billion in taxes to budgets at different levels for 2025. The unified social contribution amounted…
The growing vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change, the need to align with the European Union’s safety standards and limited access to cutting-edge technologies have been the main topics discussed at a meeting between Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Ludmila Catlabuga and a delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). During…
On March 2, the Ukrainian-Danish Business Forum was held in Kyiv. The largest delegation of Danish business since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion took part in the event – 38 leading companies, as well as about 300 participants from Ukrainian enterprises, specialized associations and the public sector. The main goal of the forum…