Production of perennial crops in Georgia has increased by 33% in recent years and amounted to 600,000 tons, Otar Shamugia, the Agriculture Minister of the country, has said. Shamugia further noted in 2021 a new perennial garden had been planted on more than 3,600 hectares under the Government program Plant the Future, adding the resulting…
A procurement of 220 armored tracked vehicles for Estonia’s defense forces, worth EUR 200 million, has been expedited due to the current security situation, the Center for Defense Investment (RKK) says. The Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) have been using Finnish-made Patria Pasi armored personnel carriers for nearly two decades, and the procurement is set to…
In February, the number of foreign and resident visitors comprised 88.3 thousand, up 2-fold YoY, but down by 43.4% from before the beginning of pandemic in February 2020. As compared to February last year, the number of nights spent by visitors comprised 163.3 thousand, up by 91.1%. In the two months of the year, the…
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair must pay more than 600,000 euros to its ten former employees in Lithuania for their unlawful dismissal, a Lithuanian court has ruled. Kaunas District Court considered a lawsuit filed by the dismissed employees against Ryanair’s subsidiaries – Ireland’s Ryanair Designated Activity Company and Poland’s Ryanair Sun. All the plaintiffs are Lithuanian…
About 2 million hectares of planted areas have already been sown with crops in Ukraine despite the Russian armed aggression. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food First Deputy Minister Taras Vysotskyi at the Prague Karlsbourse trade fair. “Ukrainian farmers intend to continue the sowing campaign despite all the challenges. Currently,…
More than 250 production facilities have already been relocated from the war zone to other regions under the state program. Of them, 121 facilities already work. “More than 250 production facilities have already been relocated to other regions under the state program. Of them, 121 companies are already fully operational in the new location, while…
Donald Tusk, leader of Poland’s main opposition party Civic Platform (PO), has suggested a package of solutions to help society weather rising prices, interest rate increases and shrinking savings. Poland’s inflation reached 10.9% YoY in March despite the seventh rate hike in a row by the central bank, which pushed the reference interest rate up…