On September 11, Slovakia’s parliament passed a new bill introducing a tax on sugary drinks. The base rate is set at 15 cents per litre for standard sweetened soft drinks, such as colas, with special rates applied to energy drinks and syrups. The legislation was backed by coalition members, while opposition MPs either abstained or…
Approximately 10% of individuals who previously qualified for home loans would no longer be eligible under new regulations set by the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), according to brokers’ estimates. This change predominantly impacts those with incomes below the national average. The BNB has implemented stricter conditions for loan approvals by commercial banks. One significant new…
The Government is creating a humanitarian demining market and engaging private mine action operators to speed up this process. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on September 13. “The financial support of our partners helps our Government to finance non-military expenditures, social programmes, and rapid…
In June, Bulgaria’s services sector saw a monthly production increase of 0.6%, while Eurostat data showed a decline in the EU for the same period. Production in the Eurozone’s services sector dropped by 0.8% compared to May, with the overall EU figure falling by 0.9%. This follows May’s figures where services output in the Eurozone…
On September 11, the leadership of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the World Bank signed agreements to raise funding under the project “Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need” (LEARN). The signatories were Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko, Minister of Education…
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitalii Koval met with the World Bank delegation headed by Bob Saum, Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister Denys Bashlyk. The parties discussed cooperation and support for Ukrainian farmers. Vitalii Koval thanked the World Bank representatives for the support…
Since the beginning of the year, sappers have inspected, cleared of mines and handed over more than 200,000 hectares of fertile land to farmers. Of these, more than 20,000 hectares were handed over to farmers in August. This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economy of Ukraine,…