Bulgaria: financier blames “greedy traders” for driving inflation

Bulgarian Financier Levon Hampartzoumian criticized the effectiveness of state efforts to ease price pressures, commenting on the closure of government-backed stands dubbed “People Shop” offering cheaper goods. In his view, the initiative had limited impact from the outset. “”People Shop” is not a large-scale scheme. With a budget of 10 million leva, nothing substantial can…

Ukraine: intergovernmental cooperation with Romania in digitalization and support reinforced

The development of a strategic partnership between Ukraine and Romania, including expanded cooperation in industry and defense technologies, as well as support for the digitalization of SMEs, was discussed during a meeting between Oleksii Sobolev, Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine, and the Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship, Digitalization, and Tourism of Romania Ambrozie-Irineu…