Ukraine: customs officers direct trucks to checkpoints with Hungary and Romania

Due to the protest of Slovak carriers in front of the Vysne Nemecke-Uzhhorod checkpoint, customs officers in Zakarpattia region are sending trucks to other checkpoints, Zakarpattia Customs reports. “To avoid the accumulation of queues in front of the Uzhhorod-Vysne Nemecke checkpoint, Zakarpattia Customs directs carriers to the nearest checkpoints for crossing the border, Chop-Zahony, on…

Bulgaria: underreported US and Canadian investments surpass official figures

Investments from the USA and Canada in Bulgaria surpass the country’s official balance of payments report findings, as per a recent Institute for Market Economy (IME) study spanning five years. The IME’s Chief Economist, Lachezar Bogdanov, highlighted that global companies from these regions often centralized their European operations in countries like the Netherlands or Switzerland,…

Baltic States: existing transport links insufficient

Efforts to assist Ukraine in exporting its agricultural products have exposed the Baltic countries’ insufficient transport capabilities, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has said in Tallinn. He also urged the acceleration of the Rail Baltica European standard-gauge railway project. “Our efforts to help Ukraine to transport agricultural products pointed to the insufficiency of connectivity capacity in…

Moldova: Germany to provide 14.8 million euros to finance projects for young people

Germany will provide Moldova with a grant worth 14.8 million euros for the implementation of projects in the energy efficiency sector, professional training of young people and public administration. The members of the parliament’s commission for foreign policy and European integration approved the consultative opinion for starting the negotiations and approving the signing of a…