Estonia: banks worried about low activity and falling small business loan volume The housing loans portfolio continued to grow in recent volume in April, gaining EUR 194 million, while the preparedness o

The housing loans portfolio continued to grow in recent volume in April, gaining EUR 194 million, while the preparedness of companies to invest with the help of loans was dwindling, the Estonian Banking Association said. The Estonian Banking Association said that companies’ loan portfolio fell short of EUR 300 million for the fourth consecutive month.…

Poland: economic development to speed up

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, in Davos, praised the rate of Poland’s economic development and said that the country was aiming to speed it up. “Poland is a developed economy and we still have an appetite for further growth. And we are ready to accelerate the pace even more,” he told a discussion panel…

Lithuania: own Bayraktar drone eyed

Lithuania’s Defence Ministry is eyeing reconnaissance drones made in the country that could replicate the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone, which has made its mark during the war in Karabakh as well as in Ukraine. “There is no chance of catching up with the Americans in terms of quality, or Israel for that matter, because they’ve…