According to the Ministry of Economy, fuel prices in Ukraine were lower on March 18. Now diesel fuel costs UAH 5 cheaper (reduction from UAH 44.90 to UAH 39.96 per liter). Gasoline is more than UAH 7 cheaper (reduction from UAH 43.52 to UAH 35.76 per liter). This was due to timely decisions made by…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has expanded the list of critical import goods, namely with the goods required for industrial manufacturing and construction. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Economy Ministry. “Last time the list of critical import goods was updated and approved at a meeting of the Ukrainian government, it was…
Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) said that the government was prepared to put together a supplementary state budget to cover expenses on security, growing subsistence benefits in the conditions of inflation and refugees. Supporting refugees in education is estimated to cost dozens of millions of euros. The finance minister said that the war in…
About 1.2 million Georgian citizens aged 15 and above made 1.4 million monthly visits within the country in 2021 with a total expenditures amounting to 226 million GEL ($70 million or EUR 63.7 million), the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. In 2021, the monthly average number of domestic…
The Commission for Emergency Situations (CSE) ruled that the Finance Ministry would supplement the volume of the government’s intervention fund for 2022 with a sum of 25 million lei at the expense humanitarian donations accumulated in the treasury account opened to support the Ukrainian nation. As much as 21.3 million lei of this money will…
The Lithuanian president has hit at the government for “sluggishness” in addressing inflation. The president’s office even commissioned a poll, suggesting that nine out of ten Lithuanians believe the authorities are not doing enough. President Gitanas Nauseda’s office shared the results of the opinion poll by Baltijos Tyrimai on March 16. 53% of respondents said…
A total of 10.9 million GEL ($3.3 million or EUR 3 million) was spent on hotel service expenditures across Georgia between the pandemic outbreak and March 1 for using the spaces for quarantine The information, provided by the Georgian National Tourism Administration, also showed up to 198,007 people were provided with hotel services before the…