As of January 1, cash in circulation in Ukraine totaled UAH 627.6 billion, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) posted on Facebook. “As of January 1, cash in circulation amounted to UAH 627.6 billion, in particular: 2.95 billion banknotes worth UAH 622.6 billion and 13.99 billion coins (excluding commemorative and investment…
In January, Riga International Airport serviced 246,000 passengers or almost five times more than a year prior, according to the airport’s operational data on the airport’s results for the first month of the year. Two of the biggest passenger carriers in January were Latvia’s national airline airBaltic, which carried 49.9% or nearly 122,000 passengers to…
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has launched the platform e-Carburanti (e-Fuels) on its official webpage www.anre.md, which represents an interactive map, through which ANRE provides public access to the information on the daily prices for the principal standard-type oil products and the liquefied gas, established by the license holders. They can be selected for…
The government is finalizing a compensation package for rising district heating bills but it is not yet known if the limit will be 50 or 80%, Minister of Economic Affairs Taavi Aas (Center) has said. The state is already supporting electricity costs with compensation and a price cap, but now it wants to introduce similar…
The state-owned company Lithuanian Railways (LTG) has received a letter from the Council for Rail Transport, which brings together 20 railway companies from various countries, confirming a ban on the transit of rail freight from Lithuania via Belarus. The ban will take effect on February 7 and will apply to shipments of oil products and…
Ukraine imported $8.2 billion worth of agricultural products in 2021, up by 19% YoY. This information was provided by Mykola Puhachov, deputy director of the National Scientific Centre “Institute of Agrarian Economics (IAE)” with reference to the State Customs Service. In 2021, the EU countries remained the main supplier of agricultural products to Ukraine. The…
Ukraine is interested in developing trade, economic and investment cooperation with the Netherlands. “We are interested in developing trade, economic and investment cooperation. Our trade turnover has exceeded EUR 2.5 billion but we want much more,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said at a joint briefing with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte. He…