Ukraine is interested in developing trade, economic and investment cooperation with the Netherlands. “We are interested in developing trade, economic and investment cooperation. Our trade turnover has exceeded EUR 2.5 billion but we want much more,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said at a joint briefing with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte. He…
The total production of industrial enterprises in 2021 was 6.4% bigger than the year before, data from Statistics Estonia showed. Of the three main industrial sectors, production increased by 19.2% in energy production and by 6.4% in manufacturing, but decreased by 15.7% in mining. The coronavirus crisis, which began in 2020, disrupted the regular production…
Statistics Lithuania has published a summary of key economic indicators for the previous year. In 2021, wages in Lithuania increased, but most of the effect was cancelled out by inflation. Lithuania’s GDP in 2021 was 55.4 billion euros. It increased by 5.1% from the year before. Among sectors that grew the most last year were…
A free trade agreement between Ukraine and Turkey is expected to be signed within days. That’s according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who spoke at the opening of the seventh session of the Verkhovna Rada on February 1. “We provide guarantees of financial stability for our country. We are preparing to send a strong economic signal…
The Ukrainian economy is stabilizing, and the country’s financial system is under control, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He stated this at the opening of the seventh session of the Verkhovna Rada on February 1. “Our economy is stabilizing. Everything is under control in the financial system. Revenues to the budget in January were over-fulfilled…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) recorded a decline in currency demand on the interbank foreign exchange market on January 28, according to a press release issued by the central bank. “On January 28, the demand for currency on the interbank foreign exchange market decreased and the hryvnia strengthened to UAH 28.68 per US dollar.…
The packaging deposit system start working in Latvia on February 1, said Minister of Environment Protection and Regional Development Arturs Toms Pless. He admitted having something akin to Christmas morning anticipation when it comes to this event. “I believe I’ll not be the only one – the whole of Latvia’s society has been waiting for…