The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has regularly submitted amendments to the state budget to finance the Ministry of Defense over the past nine months of the war, Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar has said at a briefing at the Military Media Center. “In order for the Ministry of Defense to be able to finance…
Lithuania could accept up to 30,000 Ukrainians, as Europe gears up for a new wave of refugees from Ukraine, Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Minister Monika Navickiene has said. “We think that we would be ready to receive about 6,000 to 8,000 people right now if they were to cross the Lithuanian border. Certain schools…
Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Fomenko took part in the meeting of the Partnerships and Cooperative Security Committee (PCSC) held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. “During the work, we certainly paid considerable attention to urgent issues. In particular, the technical assistance that the Alliance can provide us for the rapid restoration of critical…
Lithuania’s total assistance to Ukraine is currently estimated at 660 million euros, including 240 million euros in military aid, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “The estimated cost of Lithuania’s nationwide assistance to Ukraine, refugees, etc. totals 660 million euros and the amount includes around 240 million euros in military assistance,” Anusauskas told reporters on…
Mykolas Majauskas, Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Budget and Finance (BFK), announced on December 6 that he was stepping down from office after the no-confidence motion against him at the Lithuanian parliament. Over fifty MPs turned up for the secret ballot vote initiated by the opposition, while at least 71 votes were required to…
The Georgian Government’s economic team has prepared amendments to the Tax Code of the country with regards to fiscal and tax policy parts of the code that concern the financial sector, Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili has said. Khutsishvili said banking institutions, credit unions, microfinance organisations and lending entities would see the “classical model” of income…
The European Commission has paved the way for EUR 3.85 billion to be invested in helping five of Poland’s coal-mining regions deal with the challenges of becoming carbon-neutral. Speaking in the southern city of Chorzow, which lies in the heartlands of Poland’s mining industry, Frans Timmermans, the EU’s climate policy chief, has said that the…