The Lithuanian parliament adopted the government spending budget for 2022 on December 14. Seventy-one MPs voted in favour of the budget bill and four abstained. Many opposition MPs left the room before the vote. They said they were protesting the absence of the ruling coalition MPs when the opposition was presenting its suggestions. All MPs…
About 1.37 million Georgian resident visitors aged 15 years and higher made 1.57 million trips within Georgia in the third quarter of 2021, up by 20.1% YoY, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reported. Geostat reported that the monthly average of tourist trips made by Georgian residents totaled 813,500 in the third quarter, up…
Foreign trade contracts for the supply of meat, honey and dried fruits totaling $3.2 million have been signed following Kyrgyzstan – United Arab Emirates Business Forum, press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan reports. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Aziz Aaliyev participated in the forum. He noted that the event was…
In the next three years, with the active work of government and business and sufficient attention to the region, Ukraine may triple its exports to Colombia. Head of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection Vladyslava Mahaletska made a relevant statement during her visit to Colombia. According to her, the issues…
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba invited British business to actively invest in priority areas of the Ukrainian economy: IT, finance, agriculture, infrastructure and tourism. Kuleba made a corresponding statement during the opening of a business forum in London, dedicated to Ukraine’s investment opportunities. The event was attended by leading investment bankers, investment…
From January 1, 2022 Tariffs of AS Latvijas Gaze for households will increase by 54.2% to 93% depending on consumption volumes, according to the official entry in the Latvian Herald. For households that consume up to 250 cubic meters of gas the differentiated end tariff with VAT and excise tax for the first half-year of…
The 2022 state budget, passed at the Riigikogu on December 8, includes a component for the cultural sector, which totals close to EUR 300 million. The total culture budget comes to EUR 290 million (or 2% out of the total EUR 13.633 billion expenditures), with EUR 2 million of this going towards support for the…