The Monetary Policy Council (RPP), the Polish central bank’s rate-setting body, has kept the reference interest rate at 6.75%. The National Bank of Poland’s Lombard rate remained at 7.25%, the rediscount rate at 6.80% and the discount rate at 6.85%, the RPP announced after its sitting on December 7. The RPP also left the deposit…
Almost 3,000 unemployed people are involved in performing public works in seven regions under the Army of Recovery project. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko on the air of the National TV Marathon. “The Government offers Ukrainians who have lost their jobs but are willing…
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…