The revenues in the National Public Budget, managed by the State Fiscal Service (SFS), amounted to 27 billion lei (1.35 billion euros) in the first six months of this year, up by 19.6% YoY. According to SFS, 12.1 billion lei were collected in the state budget in 2022, up by 26.3%. “Revenues worth about 2.9…
Inflation and high prices are currently the most important challenges facing the Polish government, its spokesperson has admitted. Piotr Mueller said that “these problems are primarily caused by the situation on the energy market and, to a lesser extent, on the food market”. He also added that it was difficult to predict when inflation would…
Lithuania is ready to continue and step up its expert support to Ukraine, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said. “It is necessary to use this moment of mobilisation and political will for the decisive implementation of reforms, and Lithuania is ready to continue and strengthen the expert support it is already providing,” she said in…
At a meeting in Lugano, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed measures to support the economy during the war with Alfred Kammer, Director of the IMF’s European Department. As Shmyhal posted on Telegram, cooperation with the IMF was one of the important priorities of the government’s financial policy. Shmyhal also told Kammer about the…
Special discounts on petrol, such as the one introduced by PKN Orlen, the dominant Polish fuel company, may play an important role in lowering inflation, PKO BP’s chief economist said on July 4. Piotr Bujak said that “energy prices continue to rise, mainly those for natural gas, due to Russia limiting supplies to the European…
The Customs Service (SV) collected over 738.7 million lei (36.9 million euros) on June 27 – July 3, up by 18.4% from the target. According to SV, private people imported goods, the value of which in customs exceeded over 15 million lei, which accounted for 2% of the overall sum collected. The money collected from…
Lithuania attracted 15 new foreign investors in the first half of this year, and another 16 have expansion plans, says Investuok Lietuvoje (Invest Lithuania), Lithuania’s foreign investment promotion agency. The new investments attracted during the six months will create more than 3,000 jobs, which shows that Lithuania remains competitive in attracting foreign investment. (BNN/Business World…