Ukrainians in Poland will not take jobs away from Poles and could be a welcome addition to the domestic labour market, the family and social policy minister has said. Marlena Malag said Ukrainians were not a threat to the Polish labour market and could actually help stabilise the economy. She noted that around 300,000 Ukrainians,…
Food safety and transfer of modern technology and knowledge to farmers in Georgia were discussed by Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia and United States officials in Washington. During his visit to the capital, Shamugia held meetings with Cary Fowler, the US Department of State’s Special Envoy for Global Food Security, and Jewel Bronaugh, the US Deputy…
The Monetary Policy Council (RPP), the Polish central bank’s rate-setting body, increased the reference interest rate by 50 basis points, to 6.50% on July 7. The National Bank of Poland’s lombard rate was raised from 6.50% to 7.00%, the rediscount rate from 6.05% to 6.55% and the discount rate from 6.10% to 6.60%. At the…
A nuclear power plant could be on-line and functioning in northeastern Estonia a decade from now, according to one private sector nuclear energy firm. The plant would likely be the new small nuclear reactors (SMR) type, which are currently under development in other parts of the world – none are as yet on-line. While the…
Lithuania mulls issuing one-off permits, allowing sanctioned goods to transit its territory to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic coast. “If there is a sudden shortage of, for example, cement for the consumption of the population in Kaliningrad, as the sanctions on cement came into force on July 10, then it would be possible…
Ukraine will receive another $20 billion in aid and support from international partners this year. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this during the nationwide telethon on Ukrainian TV channels. “Until the end of the year, we will get about $20 billion more in aid and support from our partners,” Shmyhal said. The Prime Minister noted…
Negotiations on the opening of grain corridors are ongoing, and there are several most important steps that are not easy to reach an agreement on, including those on security guarantees for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said. Kuleba said a number of logistical details needed to be worked out in talks brokered by Turkey…