The State Fiscal Service (SFS) announced that receipts from the National Public Budget in the first seven months of the year amounted to 31.3 billion lei (over 1.5 billion euros), up by 4913.5 million lei or by 18.6% YoY. According to the Tax Office, 13.7 billion lei were collected from the State Budget in 2022,…
In the first half of this year, 5% more counterfeit euro banknotes and three times more coins were found in Lithuania than in the same period last year, but this figure is below the 2020 level, the Bank of Lithuania said on August 2. In January-June, the Bank of Lithuania investigated and removed from circulation…
Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) set out on August 1 the initial steps in a joint Estonian-Latvian mid-range air defense systems procurement, joined by his Latvian opposite number. The procurement follows the announcement that Estonia will be buying, in a separate, $500-million procurement, six M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers and related…
Environmental experts criticise Vilnius council’s plans to replace natural gas with mazut, low quality and very polluting fuel oil, to cut heating bills this winter. The capital’s authorities, however, say this is a temporary solution. Air pollution from burning fuel oil is up to ten times higher than from burning gas, says Aleksandras Chlebnikovas, a…
On July 29, the Government approved an Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on cooperation in the field of food safety, having been concluded on January 14 in Kyiv. Under the agreement, the main areas of cooperation between the parties are as follows: – Promotion…
The US Embassy in Ukraine has welcomed the departure from the Odesa port of the first ship loaded with unblocked Ukrainian grain. “We welcome the departure of the first vessel from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24. The world will be watching for continued implementation of this agreement to feed…
In August, Moldovagaz will pay $1,458.5 for every thousand cubic meters of natural gas bought from Gazprom, compared to $980, which was paid in July. Moldovagaz director Vadim Ceban made the statement on August 1. He said that the price was calculated according to the contract signed with the Russian concern. According to the contract…