Poland’s industrial output rose by 17.3% YoY in March, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on April 21. Month on month, industrial output increased by 18.2%. Economists polled by PAP expected March’s manufacturing to grow by 12.3% YoY and by 13.6% MoM. Seasonally adjusted industrial production went up by 17.2% YoY and by 2.1% MoM…
Lithuania has sent heavy mortars worth tens of millions of euros to Ukraine, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “We’ve transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine as aid,” Anusauskas said. “I won’t give the number, but we’ve transferred quite a few of them.” According to the minister, Lithuania has already sent to Ukraine not only Stinger…
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has asked an operator in the food sector, Intervetcom Ltd company, to start the procedure of withdrawal from the trade network and recalling from clients of eggs for consumption, as they are infected with salmonella. ANSA said that the people who bought products from the concerned consignment were asked…
Terminals located at the Ventspils seaport handled 3.966 million tons of freight in the first three months of 2022, up by 10.6% YoY, according to information from Latvia’s Ministry of Transport. In Q1, a total of 2.957 million tons of freight was sent from Ventspils sea port, up by 2.8%. The volume of received freight…
In the first quarter of 2022, the construction price index increased by 4.6% QoQ and by 19.3% YoY, Statistics Estonia said on April 21. In the first quarter of this year, compared with the first quarter of 2021, the construction price index was influenced primarily by the rising cost of materials, which accounted for 86%…
Lithuania’s food delivery platforms Wolt and Bolt Food have suspended their cooperation with restaurants owned by the Amber Food group, which is linked to Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijosaitis. Matijosaitis has come under heavy criticism because of the failure of Viciunai Group, one of the largest Lithuanian food production groups owned by Kaunas Mayor, to close…
Nearly 77,000 Ukrainian nationals have found employment in Poland since February 24, when Russia invaded their country, data from the Family and Labour Ministry showed. The Polish government has granted Ukrainian refugees 18-month residency permits and allowed them to take up jobs as well as given them access to healthcare, education and welfare schemes. About…