The parliament voted for the state budget for 2024, aimed at backing the social, education and infrastructure’s development fields, in the second reading on December 22. The document provides for the increase in the childbirth allowance, growth of the salaries of teachers by 15% and doubling scholarships of the students from the faculties with pedagogical…
For Ukraine to become economically self-sufficient, the key priority should be the development of domestic production and the transition from raw materials to processing. The goal is to increase the share of the manufacturing industry in GDP from 8% to 20%. To this end, the Government will direct investments in the real sector of the…
So far, 305 ships have passed through the Black Sea humanitarian corridor, transporting more than 10 million tons of grain and other goods. This was reported by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink on social network X. “Over 10 million tons of grain and other cargo carried by 305 ships has now made it safely…
Sofia airport revealed news of Ryanair’s plans to introduce two fresh direct flight routes in 2024. The Irish carrier will offer connections to Copenhagen, Denmark and Alicante, Spain, operating between March 31 and October 26. Starting on April 1 until October 25, 2024 passengers can fly between Sofia and Alicante. Initially, flights will run twice…
The coming months offer hope for a stabilisation of inflation in Poland, Andrzej Domanski, the minister of finance, has said. “The bane of the Polish economy has been very high inflation in 2022 and 2023,” the minister said in parliament on December 21. “In 2022, it averaged 14.4%, and this year it would be around…
Bulgaria will finance more development projects in the southern region of Moldova. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed in Chisinau on December 20. Ambassador of Bulgaria to Moldova Maya Dobreva welcomed the signing of the memorandum and urged the beneficiaries to turn to good account the opportunities of the projects due to…
The Verkhovna Rada adopted two draft laws that would exempt the import of radar systems for security and defense purposes into Ukraine from VAT and customs duties. This was announced by First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy Yaroslav Zhelezniak. The decision was supported by 323 MPs. “The…