Economic relations between Georgia and Qatar and investment opportunities were discussed on May 23 in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar. The officials highlighted the dynamics of existing “productive cooperation” and pointed out the importance of deepening economic relations…
The vast majority of Polish firms now employ Ukrainians, according to a new research. The survey carried out by the Gremi Personal analytical centre found that 80% of firms now had Ukrainians on their books, while in one-third of the firms Ukrainians now accounted for 10-20% of staff. Ukrainians occupy both highly qualified and low-qualified…
Since the start of the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% State Programme, business entities have received 61,992 loans from authorised banks totalling UAH 198.62 billion, of which 41,014 from public sector banks totalling UAH 85.48 billion (as of May 22). Over the past week, 360 concessional loans totalling UAH 1.5 billion were issued under the programme,…
Unemployment in Georgia was at its lowest rate in 20 years in 2022, the World Bank had said in its highlighting of statistics showing last year’s figure in the country at 11.3%. The numbers, sourced from the International Labour Organisation’s database, also showed the unemployment rate went down by 0.9% last year compared to 2021.…
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…