Rising fuel costs and wages are putting pressure on public transport operators in Estonia’s biggest cities. Tallinn plans to dip into its budget, but Tartu and Parnu may raise ticket prices. Tartu Deputy Mayor Raimond Tamm (Reform) said forecasts suggested an additional EUR 2 million might be needed to fund transport services. Last year EUR…
The United States supports Ukraine’s efforts to connect with the European electricity grid, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said in Washington. “We’re also supporting Ukraine’s efforts to connect with the European electricity grid, an initiative to which we have contributed more than $138 million in recent years. Ukraine’s grid is now ready and…
In 2021, supplies of raw milk to processing enterprises in Ukraine decreased by 8.9% YoY, to 3.20 million tons. In particular, 2.48 million tons of milk were purchased from agricultural enterprises (-3.1%) and 554 thousand tons were obtained from households (-24.4%). In 2021, processing enterprises received the largest supplies of raw milk from agricultural enterprises…
Customs Service revenues to the state budget amounted to more than 555 million lei on January 31 – February 6, up by 12.6% than the amount planned for this period. “Over the past week, the number of passengers entering the Republic of Moldova was over 62,000. Of these, 1,374 individuals declared various goods, making payments…
Georgia ranked 50 in terms of bilateral trade (53 in export and 47 in import) among all trade partners of Lithuania in 2020, which made Georgia the biggest trade partner of Lithuania in the South Caucasus region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania reported. According to the ministry, Lithuania’s direct investments…
The consumer price index rose by 11.3% YoY in January, state agency Statistics Estonia reported. The month-on-month change between December 2021 and January stood at -0.1%. Statistics Estonia leading analyst Viktoria Trasanov said that government measures curbing energy prices, and an overall fall in electricity prices at the beginning of the year compared with the…
In the money laundering prevention field banks in Latvia have done a lot, which inspires confidence that the country’s financial system is no longer used for money laundering purposes, says the chief of Finance and Capital Market Commission (FKTK) Santa Purgaile. “In recent years we have worked and have done a lot in this field.…