From June 1 onward the general water supply and sewer tariff in Riga will increase by 22.4%, reaching 2.35 EUR/cubic meter instead of the current 1.92 EUR/cubic meter, according to the decision made by the Public Utilities Commission. The water supply tariff will be 1.02 EUR/cubic meter, which is EUR 0.17 more than it is…
The turnover of retail trade enterprises in Estonia in March totaled EUR 891 million. Compared with March 2021, turnover increased by 18% at constant prices, Statistics Estonia said. The increase in retail trade turnover in March was influenced primarily by stores selling manufactured goods, where turnover increased by 33% YoY, according to Statistics Estonia analyst…
In two villages of the Melitopol district in Zaporizhia region, Russian troops are demanding that shop owners stop selling Ukrainian goods and switch to the Russian ruble. This was reported on Telegram by the press service of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration. In the villages of Botieve and Strohanivka, Melitopol district, the Russian occupiers’ Commandant…
Ukraine’s sufficient exports to global markets will be a significant anti-crisis tool amid the global price crisis, which Russia is trying to provoke. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video address. According to the President of Ukraine, an important decision of the European Union is being prepared now. The…
Poland’s central bank had at its disposal the equivalent of $166 billion at the end of 2021, up six-fold compared to 2020 and almost doubling over the last decade, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) wrote in a statement on April 28. The NBP said that Poland held a “high” – 20th – position in…
Strengthening governance and financial resources of the self-governing units in Georgia and the development of regions in the country are the “key strategic goals” of the 2022-2023 Action Plan for Decentralization Strategy of the Government, Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian Economy Minister, said on April 28. Following the second session of the Governmental Commission on Decentralization,…
It’s possible Latvian gross domestic product (GDP) may have increased by 4.3-5% in the first quarter when compared to the same period of 2021, according to analysts of Latvian banks. Citadele Bank economist Martins Abolins said in Q1 Latvia’s GDP growth in comparison to Q1 2021 might have been 4.5-5%. When compared to Q4 2021,…