Lithuania: film industry booming despite pandemic

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, film industry in Lithuania reported record-setting investments in 2020, the Lithuanian Film Centre said. Swedish TV series were among the biggest productions. International film producers spent almost 27 million euros in Lithuania last year, up from 15 million euros in 2019. Meanwhile Lithuanian producers raised 11.3 million euros from local companies…

Ukraine: exports to Vietnam up in 2020

In 2020, Ukrainian exports to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) increased by 92%, to $184.5 million. The countries agreed to resume work on a free trade agreement (FTA), Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture – Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka wrote on his Facebook page following a meeting of the Ukrainian-Vietnamese…

Ukraine: electricity exports down in 2020

Ukraine in 2020 reduced foreign currency revenue from electricity exports by 25.9% against 2019, to $280.8 million. Hungary bought some 46.3% of Ukrainian electricity sold abroad ($130 million), while the share of Poland was 30.2% ($85 million) and that of Romania – 17.7% ($49.7 million), according to Ukraine’s State Customs Service. Electricity exports to other…