Georgia received $535.3 million from abroad in December 2022, up by 133.2% YoY, the National Bank of Georgia said on January 16. Russia ($317.31 million), Italy ($43.20 million) and the United States ($34.30 million) were the largest remittance senders last month. Overall, the vast majority (98.2%) of all money transfers from abroad came from 24…
Taiwan has plans to work with Lithuania in the area of cyber security, says Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang, who visited Lithuania last week. In her words, Taiwan’s National Institute of Cyber Security may decide on investing in Lithuania’s cyber security as early as this week. “As the chair of the board, I…
Poland’s core inflation, which excluded the prices of food and energy, measured 11.5% YoY in December 2022, up from 11.4% in November 2022, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on January 16. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 17.1% YoY in December 2022, down from 18.1% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most…
On January 9-15, the Customs Service collected over 446.4 million lei (about 22.3 million euros) to the state budget. According to the institution, private people brought goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 8.3 million lei were collected, which represented 1.9% of the total amount. Also, during the…
During an online meeting between Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko and Secretary of U.S. Department of Energy Jennifer Granholm, the parties paid special attention to cooperation in restoring the Ukrainian energy system after massive russian attacks, strengthening it and protecting it from military threats, as well as prospects for the development of renewable…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has established an interdepartmental group, which will expedite the review of all these control and regulatory instruments, Prime Minister of Ukraine has announced during a Government session. “Now in Ukraine there are almost 1,000 instruments of state regulation for business. 528 permits, 224 licenses, 157 consents and dozens of…
Poland’s rate-setting Monetary Policy Council (RPP) is unlikely to increase interest rates again, as the hikes so far have had sufficient effect, an RPP member has said. But Gabriela Maslowska added that a further increase could not be ruled out. In a recent hiking cycle, the RPP raised interest rates 11 times but suspended rate…