Ukraine: JICA to consider ways to support business

Ukraine and Japan have discussed ways to provide additional assistance in humanitarian demining, preparing public-private partnership projects, implementing grant programmes for small and medium-sized enterprises and restoring the Ukrainian economy. Japanese partners are actively involved. This was discussed at a meeting of Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, with…

Ukraine: Finance Minister and JICA President discuss further cooperation in country recovery

On July 19, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko met with President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Olga Zykova, Government Commissioner for Public Debt Management Yuriy Butsa and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninori.…

Moldova: 2,500 SMEs receive state support of 850 million lei

During the last year, the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitization, through the Organization for Entrepreneurship Development (ODA), offered financial support worth 850 million lei (42.5 million euros) to about 2500 small and medium-sized enterprises of Moldova. The money was given to entrepreneurs as grants, financial guarantees, interest compensation on loans or subsidizing the costs…

Poland: core inflation rate down in June 2023

Poland’s core inflation, which excluded the prices of food and energy, measured 11.1% YoY in June and was down from May’s 11.5%, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on July 17. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 10.3% in June, down from 12.1% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most volatile items measured…