Poland’s unemployment rate was at the level of 4.9% in July, the same as in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on August 24. The number of registered unemployed measured 818,200 in July against 818,00 in June, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated July’s unemployment at 4.9%.…
Some 1,400 monkeypox vaccine doses have been delivered to Lithuania, the Health Ministry said on August 24. “The National Public Health Centre will identify people to be vaccinated and refer them for vaccination,” Deputy Health Minister Ausra Bilotiene Motiejuniene told reporters, adding that over 17,000 infection cases had been recorded worldwide since May. People will…
Thai AirAsia X airline will resume charter flights from Bangkok to Tbilisi, the Ministry of Economy of Georgia announced on August 24. The direct flights on the Bangkok-Tbilisi-Bangkok route will carry passengers twice a week on October 8-29. The ministry said the flights would also be operated in the winter season, while Deputy Economy Minister…
Achema, Lithuania’s biggest fertiliser manufacturer based in Jonava, has announced it is stopping its plant as of September 1 due to high prices of natural gas, one of the key ingredients. For the time being, only the production of resins and technical gases will be maintained. “In the current market situation, most Western fertiliser producers…
Over 50% Poles are worried that there will be shortages in shops, a new survey shows. According to the consumer sentiment poll conducted by UCE Research and the Blix Group, over half of Poles fear that rampant inflation and the war in Ukraine could lead to shortages. In contrast one-third of those surveyed were not…
A poll of economy experts and public figures has ranked Nerijus Maciulis, a chief economist at Swedbank, as the most influential person in Lithuania’s business. The ranking was published by Delfi.lt on August 24. Vidmantas Janulevicius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, comes in second in the poll, followed by Arvydas Avulis, a businessman…
Ukrenergo National Power Company expects that the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) will endorse a decision to increase Ukraine’s electricity export capacities from September 2. The relevant statement was made by Ukrenergo National Power Company Board Chairman Volodymyr Kudrytskyi during a discussion regarding the August economic survey. According to Kudrytskyi, Ukrenergo is planning…