Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Kestutis Navickas has survived an opposition-initiated interpellation and retained his post after 64 lawmakers voted in favour of his provided answers to the opposition’s questions. The opposition claimed Navickas not only failed to respond to its comments but also ignored calls of others to communicate and cooperate on topical issues. The minister…
The collections to the National Public Budget, managed by the State Fiscal Service (SFS), amounted to 21.7 billion lei (about 1.1 billion euros) in the first five months of 2022, up by 20% YoY. According to SFS, over 9.8 billion lei was collected in the state budget in 2022, up by 26.4%. “Revenues worth 2.2…
The results of a new opinion poll, released on June 7, indicate that 70% of Poles want to see tax privileges for the Catholic Church abolished. The Ibris survey, done for the private broadcaster Radio Zet, also showed that 23% of the respondents wanted the tax relief to stay. The findings also disclosed that 66%…
The IMF mission has commended the Lithuanian government’s response to economic challenges, noting that inflation, which is among the highest in the EU, should abate until the end of the year. Lithuania is well prepared to meet economic challenges brought by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, as the country’s government has chosen the…
Lithuanian recruitment company Nermeka and ice cream producer IceCo were fined for exploiting Ukrainian workers, which was revealed by Siena Centre for Investigative Journalism last month. Nermeka is a company that provides recruitment services to job seekers and workers for companies seeking employees. When the war broke out in Ukraine, the company announced on social…
Inflation in the Georgian economy will remain close to the target in the middle of 2023 “if there are no shocks”, Archil Mestvirishvili, the Vice President of the National Bank of Georgia, said on June 6 at a meeting of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee in Parliament. Mestvirishvili noted inflation would be close…
Latvia’s economy has done well to weather the crisis caused by Covid-19. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has worsened recovery perspectives, as mentioned in European Commission’s 2022 report about Latvia. According to the European Commission, the effect of the crisis on Latvia’s economy was lower than the average in the European Union. Its recovery was…