The law on the introduction of the euro could be approved by the National Assembly before the summer concludes, according to acting Deputy Finance Minister Metodi Metodiev’s projection. Metodiev also stated that Sofia was expected to meet the inflation criteria required for Eurozone entry until the year’s end, based on the department’s models. Metodiev highlighted…
41% of Latvian residents do not make savings for retirement, reports Luminor Bank with reference to results of a recent survey. Head of Asset Management and Pensions Department of Luminor Bank Atis Krumins comments that the largest portion of Latvian residents who do not make savings for retirement are aged between 18 and 39 years.…
According to the records in the eCherha (eQueue) system, 927,000 truck crossings and almost 81,000 bus crossings were registered. This covers the period from December 2022, when eCherha started operating at the largest border crossing point Yahodyn-Dorohusk, to May, when the service was launched at all key border crossing points for buses and trucks. The…
In Khmelnytskyi region, 11,100 customers in 13 settlements were cut off from electricity supply following a rocket attack. In the morning of May 26, all of them were reconnected. An explosive device was found at one of the power company’s substations in Dnipropetrovsk region. Police and sappers were called to defuse it. Due to damage…
The work to disconnect Baltic power grids from the Russia-controlled BRELL network is going as planned, Latvian Minister of Energy and Climate Kaspars Melnis has said in an interview to LTV programme Rita panorama. “Everything is going according to the schedule and there are no signs of any problems or delays,” said the minister. However,…
Around half of Poles, 49%, say that their country should not adopt the euro, despite it being committed to do so under the terms of its EU membership. A slightly lower proportion, 45%, say that Poland should adopt the European currency, but most of them think it should not happen within the next few years.…
A promising summer season with a 10% increase in tourists compared to last year is anticipated, according to Konstantin Zankov, a marketing and business consultant in tourism, speaking to the national radio. Expectations are that this summer will see a return to pre-pandemic levels and potentially even surpass them. Zankov noted that the overall summer…