Germany will support agricultural sector of Ukraine by providing 9 million euros until the end of this year for the purchase of generators, as well as to help restore farms affected by war. This was stated by German Minister of Agriculture Cem Ozdemir during a meeting with Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine…
Poland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged MoM at 5.1% in October, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. Economists polled by PAP also expected a 5.1% unemployment figure in October. The number of registered unemployed measured 796,000 in October against 801,700 in September, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated October’s unemployment at…
The Lithuanian parliament Seimas has legalised specialised tobacco shops that will start operating in 2025. Other stores will no longer be allowed to publicly display tobacco products. On November 24, Lithuanian MPs adopted amendments to the Law on the Control of Tobacco, Tobacco Products and Related Products, with 44 votes in favour, 13 against and…
After the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia was able to recover its tourism income by 100% and as a result, a $3-billion surpass in the sector is expected, which will have a “direct” impact on job creation and improvement of the well-being of citizens, the Georgian deputy economy minister Mariam Kvrivishvili has said in her address at…
The IMF management official is expected to approve the launch of the Program Monitoring with Board Involvement (PMB) in the coming weeks. “The mission and the Ukrainian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies for a Program Monitoring with Board Involvement (PMB). The agreement is subject to approval by IMF Management and an IMF…
Foreign securities may be admitted for trading on the regulated market of the Republic of Moldova. MPs voted in the second reading the draft amendment to the Law on capital market on November 24. Thus, only the securities on which prohibitions are not set to trading by the operator of a foreign regulated market or…
Lithuania is not satisfied with the European Commission’s proposed price cap on wholesale natural gas, President Gitanas Nauseda said on November 24. “It would not help to protect ourselves even against the peak we had in the past,” he said at a joint news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Vilnius. Earlier this week,…