At a meeting on May 19, the Government took a number of decisions to attract additional financial resources. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Firstly, the Cabinet of Ministers supported Ukraine’s participation in the European Connecting Europe Facility. “This is a way to get EU funding for the development of modern transport, energy…
Regional food producers in the north of the country will benefit from Slovakia’s support in the digital promotion of agritourism. On May 18, in Balti, the Slovak company Pro4CE, specializing in providing consultancy in the ecological agriculture, tourism and investments in Central Europe, in partnership with the Regional Development Agency (ADR) North launched a project…
Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth $1.96 billion in January-April, up by 23.6% YoY, the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 50.3% of total exports in the reporting period, amounting to $986.8 million, down by 18.3%. Georgia’s top trading partners were: Russia…
Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian farmers have received almost UAH 31.8 billion in bank loans for the development of their farms. Of this, 4,700 farms received UAH 17.8 billion under the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9 state programme. The top regions receiving the largest amount of loans under various programmes were as follows: Kyiv…
Poland booked a EUR 2.9-billion trade surplus in January-March, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) said on May 18 citing data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). PIE wrote that the surplus was partly due to a nearly 16% rise in export prices and an only 11% rise in import prices. The institute noted that export…
Poland’s GDP growth should average 0.6% in 2023, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government-affiliated economic think-tank, reported on May 17. In a commentary to GDP growth data provided by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), PIE wrote that the growth rate was expected to pick up in the second half of the year, mainly owing…
Georgia’s export promotion agency Enterprise Georgia promoted “advantages” of the country’s business climate with prospective investors at the Annual Investment Meeting in Abu Dhabi last week, Director Mikheil Khidureli has said. Meeting potential investors in energy, agriculture, production, hotels and real estate, the agency sat down with about 20 companies from Persian Gulf countries, Khidureli…