Georgian officials met World Bank Group representatives on August 25 to discuss current and future projects, as the parties were marking 30 years of partnership this year, the Ministry of Finance said. The meeting involved Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili with Sebastian Molineus, the World Bank Regional Director in the South Caucasus, and Miguel Eduardo Sanchez…
The minimum monthly wage should rise to 800 euros next year, Economy Minister Ausrine Armonaite says. At the same time, the tax-exempt income threshold should go up to 740 euros, she believes, splitting the burden of raising workers’ incomes between the government and employers. “We are basically proposing that the pre-tax minimum monthly wage could…
The National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) announced on August 24 that an order on application of measures to marketing fresh imported fruits and vegetables entered into force. “Imported fresh fruits and vegetables, from which samples were taken for the determination of pesticide residues and nitrate content within the monitoring program approved annually by the…
Lithuanian border guards’ unions complain that they are armed with old unreliable Kalashnikovs and undersupplied with ammunition. In case of a foreign invasion, border guards say they would be the first line of defence. Shooting is an important part of border guards’ training and the main weapon is the pistol. However, border guards’ trade unions…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said it is necessary to expand the existing grain export initiative in the coming weeks. Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council via video link, the president emphasized that the Russian Federation had put the world on the brink of an unprecedented famine. In particular, as a…
More than 80% of enterprises have returned to operations in Ukraine, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said. “Credit, tax and regulatory incentives, along with other point aid, made it possible to sustain our economic front. As a result, more than 80% of enterprises have now returned to work,” the prime minister said.…
The average monthly salary (gross nominal) in 2021 was 8,979.8 lei, up by 13.1% YoY. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the average monthly salary (nominal net) was 7634.8 lei, up by 15.4%. The number of employees late last year was 739.6 thousand people, up by 0.1%. The highest values of the average gross…