Georgia exported locally produced goods worth $4.09 billion between January-September, up by 37.4% YoY, preliminary data from the national statistics office of Georgia showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 68.7% of total exports, amounting to $2.81 billion, up by 29.9%. Georgia’s top trading partners were: China – $541.9 million, Russia…
The government may levy additional fees on investment funds that bulk-buy apartments, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Prime Minister, has said. The Prime Minister made the comment on October 18 after news website wyborcza.pl reported that Heimstaden Bostad, a Swedish residential real estate fund, had purchased all 400 flats in a new-build housing project in Warsaw. “Works…
Women in Lithuania earn 14% less than men. Even in sectors dominated by women, their salaries are often significantly lower. Experts interviewed by LRT Radio note that the stereotypical distinction between male and female professions is becoming less salient. “If you ask me, in what fields I wouldn’t expect to see much women, I would…
Representatives of the companies Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS from Norway and Forensic Risk Alliance & Co of the United Kingdom, nominated by the Public Property Agency (APP) to make the audit of the historical debts of MoldovaGaz company to the Gazprom giant, came to Chisinau on a documentation mission on October 18. The British and…
Lithuania will continue to support the introduction of a gas price cap at the European Council meeting as a solution to the energy cost crisis, says Asta Skaisgiryte, a senior foreign policy adviser to President Gitanas Nauseda. “What we are saying is that we must have a wholesale price ceiling for gas, that we must…
Georgia received $387.2 million from abroad in September, up by 84.6% YoY, the national bank of Georgia said on October 17. Russia ($173.94 million), Italy ($36.29 million) and the United States ($28.68 million) were the largest remittance senders last month. Overall, the vast majority (97.5%) of all money transfers from abroad came from 23 countries.…
Poland’s core inflation, which excludes the prices of food and energy, measured 10.7% YoY in September, up from 9.9% in August, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on October 17. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 17.8% in September, up from 16.7% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most volatile items measured 13.6%…