There is a slight rise in firms planning wage hikes in the coming quarter despite a drop in wage pressure, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) wrote on January 30 in a report. The number of firms planning to increase wages in the coming quarter increased slightly despite a drop in wage pressure, the National…
Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu in Ankara has discussed with Minister of Trade of Turkey Mehmet Mus, member of the board and treasurer of TOBB – Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey – the biggest chamber of commerce from Turkey, which includes more than 1 million companies. The discussions took place in the context…
The value of venture capital (VC) investment in Poland remained unchanged in 2022, defying global declining trends. “In 2022, the Polish VC market slowed down but maintained a value of transactions that was close to the previous year,” the state-owned VC vehicle PFR Ventures and private firm Inovo VC said in a joint statement on…
The Commission for Emergency Situations (CSE), at a meeting on January 30, ruled the providing of assets from reserves of the Interior Ministry (MAI) and Health Ministry as free of charge international assistance for Ukraine. The overall value of the consignment is of about 16.8 million lei. It will arrive in Ukraine in early February.…
Since the launch of the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% State Program, business entities have received 53,986 loans from authorized banks for a total amount of UAH 168.96 billion, of which 34,768 – from public sector banks for a total amount of UAH 68.02 billion (as of January 30). Over the past week, 349 soft loans…
The National Bank expects the economy to grow by 0.3% this year, by 4.1% in 2024 and by 6.4% in 2025. That’s according to NBU Governor Andriy Pishnyi. “The National Bank expects a slight increase in real GDP in 2023 by 0.3%,” Pyshnyi said. He explained that the worsening of the outlook, compared to the…
Moldovan farmers can get grants of up to $15 thousand to buy agricultural equipment that will allow them to implement climate change adaptation initiatives. The grants are offered within the Rural Resilience Project, financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), through the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme. Thus, for agricultural cooperatives, grants of…