Marlena Malag, the family and social policy minister, said on October 11 that the government wanted to permanently add remote working to the Labour Code in order to make it easier for people to work from home. The minister referred to a news story in the Rzeczpospolita newspaper claiming that the government wanted to encourage…
The Polish government wants to bring inflation down as quickly as possible, the Polish prime minister said at a press conference on October 11. Inflation in Poland last month hit 17.2%, a 25-year high, as the country suffered from supply-chain disruption caused by the pandemic and surging energy prices owing to the war in Ukraine.…
Amid rising inflation, the economies of Lithuania and other countries in the world may grow slower than earlier thought, according to the latest assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF expects Lithuania’s GDP to grow by 1.8% this year and by 1.1% in 2023. While the forecast for 2022 remains unchanged from the…
The Georgian government on October 10 held a meeting led by prime minister Irakli Garibashvili to discuss a range of topics, including approval of the 2022-2028 strategy for the development of the capital market of Georgia and the related action plan. The government administration said the strategy would contribute to the “uniformity of the country’s…
On October 3-9, the Customs Service collected over 829.6 million lei (about 41.4 million euros) to the state budget, up by 16.4% YoY. According to the Customs Service, private people brought goods with value in customs exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 18.8 million lei were collected, which represented 2.3% of the…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has opened a business forum with the participation of about 20 Ukrainian and Ghanaian companies as part of his visit to Ghana. The companies participating in the forum represented the fields of metallurgy, mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food and beverage production, construction, renewable energy and IT services. “During the negotiations…
Current figures confirm a gradual slowing of Poland’s economy, the head of the Polish central bank said on October 6. Adam Glapinski said the economic slowdown would be a global phenomenon, but noted that declining economic growth might help curb inflation. He added that the main reason for the slowdown was the war in Ukraine,…