Two Baltic manufacturers, Latvia’s Finieris and Lithuania’s DUV, have joined forces to produce wooden beds for Ukrainians. They are used to equip the country’s bomb shelters in metro stations and schools. The modular beds, which can accommodate up to four or five people at a time, have already been delivered to 18 stations of the…
Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Malag said during a press conference in the southeastern city of Rzeszow that over 900,000 Ukrainian citizens were now employed in Poland. Malag announced on February 24 that under a special act, introduced a few months after the outbreak of the war, over 900,000 Ukrainian citizens had found…
In January, Ukraine’s trade turnover totaled $7.9 billion, down by 35% YoY. “In January, Ukraine imported goods to the tune of $4.8 billion and exported goods to the tune of $3.1 billion. At the same time, taxed imports totaled $4 billion, accounting for 83% of the total volume of imported goods,” the State Customs Service…
Poland’s unemployment rate went up to 5.5% in January from 5.2% in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 23. Economists polled by PAP expected a 5.4% unemployment figure in the first month of 2023. The number of registered unemployed measured 857,600 in January against 812,300 in December 2022, GUS also said.…
Poland’s unemployment rate may inch upwards in the coming months, a think tank analyst has said. Poland’s unemployment rate went up to 5.5% in January from 5.2% in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 23. Sebastian Sajnog, an economist with the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government-sponsored think tank, said in…
The European Union has consolidated its position as the main commercial partner of the Republic of Moldova, and currently almost 60% of Moldovan exports are directed to the European market. This was announced on February 23 in Chisinau by Deputy Prime Minister Dumitru Alaiba, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization, after the meeting with the…
The majority of Polish employees have worked with people of different nationalities, a poll new has shown. According to the survey carried out by the recruitment website pracuj.pl, 56.5% had worked with foreigners. It also found that 61% of men had worked with non-Poles in contrast to 52% of women. An overwhelming majority of respondents,…