97 companies went bankrupt in Poland in the second quarter of 2023, up by 21.3% YoY, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. The number of newly registered companies totalled 88,549 in the April-June period, down by 5.5%, GUS wrote on August 10. According to GUS, the number of bankruptcies increased mainly in the industrial sector…
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, adopted at the second reading and in its entirety the government’s draft law on state reserves (No. 9079), First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko posted on Facebook. “Today, the Parliament supported the law on the transformation of state material reserves (No. 9079), developed by the Ministry…
The territorial plans of the three coal provinces Stara Zagora, Kyustendil and Pernik have been published for public discussion. In the following weeks, they will be discussed with the social partners and local residents, and at the end of September they will be sent to Brussels for approval. The development plans are related to payments…
President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu had a meeting on August 8 with a delegation of the State of Israel headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen. The dialogue covered the bilateral agenda, economic cooperation and security developments in our region, the presidential press service reported. Maia Sandu encouraged speeding up the…
A state subsidised mortgage programme aimed at first-time buyers offers some benefits to those who qualify for it but at the same time has led to an increase in house prices and made it harder for other buyers, according to a report by Amron-Sarfin, a housing financing researcher affiliated with banking lobby ZBP. Under the…
Payments to agrarians under the government grant programme to support small and medium-sized businesses are actively continuing. As of today, five more agricultural companies from different regions of Ukraine (Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Volyn and Kyiv) have received UAH 15.8 million from the Government to develop orchards and greenhouses. Since the beginning of the year, 91…
The South Korean government has decided to allow Korean businesspeople to visit Ukraine for negotiations on participation in reconstruction projects. As Yonhap reports with reference to its own sources, the decision was made as an exception to the current rules, according to which Korean citizens are prohibited from visiting areas of armed conflicts under the…