Ukraine hopes that reparations to restore its infrastructure after the war will be paid, including at the expense of the assets of the Russian Federation frozen abroad. “Of course, we count on frozen Russian assets as part of reparations,” Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said. He also noted that the proceeds for the…
On April 21, World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko to discuss further financial aid. “We’re going to have an important meeting on April 21, where we’ll talk with Ukraine’s prime minister and the…
The ruling coalition in Latvia has reached a conceptual agreement in favour of the proposal from the Ministry of Welfare to perform pension indexation earlier this year, as confirmed by Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. According to the politician, this will be part of the promised aid to half a million Latvian residents who “truly need”…
On the sidelines of a working visit to the United States, Deputy Prime Minister Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration attended a roundtable discussion with representatives of the American-Central European Business Association (ACEBA). According to the MAEIE press service, Popescu expressed the country’s interest in strengthening economic and investment relations with ACEBA…
Poland’s high inflation in recent quarters has been fuelled by rising manufacturing costs owing to growing prices of oil and gas as well as government decisions, the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) has said. Core inflation, which excludes the prices of food and energy, reached 6.9% YoY in March, the National Bank of Poland (NBP)…
In March, the producer price index of industrial output increased by 3% compared to February and by 30.3% compared to March 2021, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The index shows changes in the producer prices of industrial goods manufactured in Estonia for the domestic market and for export. Eveli Sokman, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia,…
The Government supported the draft law designed to ensure the free circulation in Ukraine of goods that meet the requirements for the safety of EU non-food products. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “Our main goal is a European future, European standards in everything. After the war, we plan to build a new…