Estonia: over EUR 5 billion to be borrowed

The Estonian state needs an estimated EUR 3.87 billion for 2020 and a further EUR 1.2 billion for 2021, the treasury (Riigikassa) has announced, following an outline of changes on how the state’s cash-flow will be managed going forward and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. The debt requirements of…

Ukraine: meat production up in January-May 2020

Meat production in Ukraine in January-May totaled 1.4 million tons (in live weight), up by 1% YoY. In particular, enterprises increased meat production by 3.2%, while households reduced it by 3.3%, Ukraine’s State Statistics Service said. However, milk production in the country in January-May decreased by 3.6%, to 3.63 million tons. Egg production increased by…