Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said the government has approved a draft budget for 2023, and described it as “an ambitious budget for a difficult time”. According to Morawiecki, the draft “includes a number of guidelines and outlays, which are to ensure security to Polish families”. “All the social programmes, which have been…
Speaker Igor Grosu together with deputy speaker Mihail Popsoi and deputy head of the economy, budget and finance commission Radu Marian met with a group of politicians and businessmen from Great Britain. The delegation was led by Lord Daniel Hannan, member of the House of Lords, adviser to the UK Board of Trade. According to…
Annual inflation in Lithuania hit 21.1% in August, according to preliminary estimates by Statistics Lithuania. The main factors behind inflation were growing prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel goods and services, foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages, transport goods and services. The monthly change in consumer prices was 0.6% in August compared to July.…
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has called on Swedish businesses to resume operations in Ukraine. “I call on Swedish businesses to actively explore and resume operations in Ukraine. For instance, ScaniaGroup is already increasing business activities. Others should follow suit. Especially IKEA, which has abandoned six Ukrainian factories since February 24 –…
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has increased the economic growth forecast for Georgia from 5% to 8%, revised its outlook from negative to stable and affirmed the country’s long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at BB/B, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced on August 29. Garibashvili said at a Government meeting the…
A large fire broke out on August 25 night at a waste-recycling plant in Kaunas. Firefighters were working overnight to contain the fire and prosecutors launched an investigation into its causes and the extent of the damage. The fire broke out at the site of the waste management company Zalvaris in Palemono Street at around…
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and WPP, the world’s leading marketing communications group, have launched the “Advantage Ukraine” project to attract investments to the Ukrainian economy, with the first results expected already in September, Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko has said in a Telegram post. On Independence…