Energoatom, the national nuclear energy operator, has incurred material damage of more than UAH 18 billion amid Russian invasion. Energoatom issued the relevant statement via Telegram. “As the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was being shelled, Russian invaders attacked a number of facilities on its premises, inflicting damage that was estimated at UAH 18.3 billion,”…
Lithuania’s budget deficit will reach 4.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year instead of the previously projected 3.3%, Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste has said. “Considering the revisions and additional expenditure, the budget deficit this year might reach 4.9% of GDP, which will also be due to the increased financing of national defense that has…
Over 250 Russian and Belarusian trucks were refused entry into Lithuania following the EU’s fifth package of sanctions against the two countries. Meanwhile, unprecedented queues of trucks have formed on the Lithuanian side of the border with Belarus. According to the Customs Department, the queues at the Lithuanian border with Belarus have never been so…
Political parties forming the government have conceptually agreed to initiate construction of a liquefied gas terminal (LNG) in Latvia, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has said at a press conference after a meeting of coalition parties. The PM said the Ministry of Economics was ordered to work with potential investors to assess who would build the…
Polish rolling stock maker PESA is set to equip Tallinn with 23 new trams worth EUR 50 million after winning the city’s tender. The first vehicles are set to arrive in 2024. Tallinn’s international tram procurement attracted three bidders, with PESA emerging as the winner, the city government reported. The tender is worth EUR 50…
Ukraine is a potentially important partner of the European Union in the field of renewable energy. “Renewable energy countries can be our real partners. And in this regard, Ukraine is a potentially important partner in the field of renewable energy. I am convinced that we have a common future,” EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson…
Pessimistic scenario shows that less than 70% of potential area will be planted with spring crops in Ukraine this year, Taras Vysotsky, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, has said. “If we manage to free arable lands of Chernihiv and Sumy regions from mines, the area may reach 80% of the potential,” he…