Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda insists that Minsk’s proposal to allow the transit of Ukrainian grain through its territory is “a trap”, while the Foreign Ministry has ruled out lifting sanctions on Belarusian fertilisers. Belarus told the United Nations last week that it would allow the transit of Ukrainian grain for export via Lithuanian ports without…
Parliament voted on December 12 in the first reading some amendments to the state budget law for 2022, as a result of the increase in the share capital of Energocom company. Thus, the state budget revenues for this year are set at 59.3 billion lei, expenses – 73.9 billion lei and the deficit – 14.6…
Ukraine is currently trying to protect the democracy of the entire civilized world, so support for Ukraine cannot be considered charity. Total aid committed to Ukraine reached 113 billion euros as last week. “It’s not charity to support Ukraine. We are trying to protect freedom and democracy of all the civilized world,” Minister of Finance…
The three Baltic countries agree on the need to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP. However, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to achieve the target at their own pace. “Each country individually will increase the defence investment toward 3% of GDP,” Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins told reporters after meeting with his Lithuanian and…
The average wage growth in Baltic States in the past ten years has been the most rapid among members states of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to results of the study by international financial technologies company Tipalti. Data indicates that between 2011 and 2021 the average wage in Latvia has increased…
Poland’s central bank, the National Bank of Poland (NBP), does not predict a recession in the country, but economic growth may fall to zero, the central bank governor has said. At his monthly press conference on December 8 following an interest rate decision a day before, Adam Glapinski said that despite weakening sentiment, Poland should…
Spain was Georgia’s major foreign direct investor country in the third quarter of 2022 with $165.9 million, followed by the United Kingdom with $122.9 million and Ireland with $120.3 million, the National Statistics Office of Georgia reported. The top three sectors with the largest share of FDI in the third quarter of 2022 were as…