The Ministry of Defense of Georgia will obtain NATO-standard hardware to replace some of the current equipment used by the Georgian Defense Forces, with the replacement necessitated by challenges demonstrated during COVID-19 lockdown efforts by the troops. The minister Irakli Garibashvili spoke about the effort by service members called up to help battle the pandemic…
Consumers bought fewer domestic products during the crisis and paid more attention to prices, the results of a new survey by pollster Kantar Emor showed. The head of the Estonian Food Industry Association Sirje Potisepp said that people had started to save money and this showed in their choice of cheaper food products. Describing customers…
Irish Ryanair Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest air low-cost carrier, intends to resume flights from Ukraine to Italy starting from July 6, Ryanair Ukraine has reported on Telegram. In particular, Ryanair will operate flights from Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv and Odesa. Thus, starting from July 6, the airline plans to resume flights Kyiv-Rome, Kyiv-Milan (Bergamo), Lviv-Bologna, Kharkiv-Milan…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Ukraine Joel Lion has said air traffic between Ukraine and Israel is not expected to resume in the near future due to coronavirus incidence statistics. He said he had offered a pilot project to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, but then it turned out the statistics…
Farmers and fruit growers in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region are preparing for a bumper peach and nectarine season, during which about 35,000 tons of fruit is expected to be harvested, the Ministry of Agriculture has announced. From the total volume of the harvest about 15,000 tons of peaches and nectarines will be exported, while the…
Continuing to improve state support activities for residents, Latvia’s government approved amendments during a meeting on June 2, that provided for paying idleness assistance benefits to three groups of self-employed persons, as reported by Welfare Ministry. Amendments provide eligibility to receive idleness assistance benefits for certain self-employed persons. This benefit will be available to self-employed…
“Livestock section reports sustainable growth of 4%,” Agriculture Minister Saparkhan Omarov has said. Lending and extra subsiding measures yielded results. As a result, farm animals’ population increased. Meat production grew this year by 5.8% and poultry by 15.8%. Milk and meat processing increased by 7% and by 8% correspondingly. Dairy plants and meat cutting plants…