Polish economic growth will slow to 0.5% in Q1, a government-sponsored think-tank has forecast. Poland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 4.9% YoY in 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. This year, however, economists expect the growth will decline significantly. “Owing to a mild winter, we are not observing a reduction in industrial activity,”…
The Georgian economy grew by 11% in December 2022 and 10.1% over the past year, the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed. The estimated real growth was observed in sectors including construction, manufacturing, transportation and storage. It was also observed in financial and insurance activities, trade, hotels and restaurants, while decline…
All taxi operators will be able to take over passengers from the Chisinau International Airport, Deputy Prime Minister, Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Andrei Spinu has declared. According to the official, the taxi operators will have an arranged car park, where they will wait to take over passengers. “Indicators guiding passengers to taxi drivers will…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed that the Black Sea Grain Initiative be expanded to the ports of Mykolaiv region. He said this at a joint briefing with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen in Odesa on January 30. “I thank Denmark for joining our “Grain from Ukraine” initiative. It is very important that…
On January 30, the EU and the Ukrainian Government officially launched a program for households to exchange incandescent light bulbs for LED lamps. This is another step taken by the Government of Ukraine to overcome the energy crisis caused by russian missile strikes. The program provides for replacement of up to 50 million incandescent light…
An annual report by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Monday said the institution offered a total of EUR 218 million to Georgia in 2022, with investments ranging from healthcare to energy efficiency and from financing for small and medium-sized enterprises to credit lines to local banks and trade. Catarina Bjorlin Hansen, the…
Poland’s plan to spend as much as 4% of its GDP on defence this year may be the most ambitious among all NATO member states, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said. The Prime Minister and the defence minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, visited the 18th Mechanised Division in Siedlce, eastern Poland, on January 30. Morawiecki…