As many as 20,558 unemployed people from 17 regions in Ukraine have been engaged in community service as part of the “Army of Recovery” project. The leaders in terms of the number of unemployed people involved in the project are: Poltava region – 4,271 people, Kharkiv region – 3,282 and Kyiv region – 2,402. The…
Poland’s unemployment rate stood at 5.3% in April, down by 0.1% MoM and by 0.3% YoY, according to an estimate by the Social Policy and Labour Ministry. According to preliminary data, in April there were 823,700 registered unemployed people, down by 2.7% MoM. Compared to the end of April 2022, the number of the unemployed…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine disbursed an additional UAH 3.1 billion for the communities of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. “An additional UAH 3.1 billion is disbursed as a subsidy to local budgets. These are funds for the communities of Donetsk region, Luhansk region, Kherson region and Zaporizhzhia region. We strengthen their capacity…
A sharp decrease in inflation is expected in Ukraine as early as in the first half of 2023, the quarterly inflation report released by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says. “With monetary conditions being tight, global inflation declining and domestic demand staying subdued, Ukraine will see its inflation rate slow to 14.8% this year.…
Polish retail sales went down by 6.1% YoY in March after a 0.7% decrease in February, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported. Month on month, retail sales went down by 2.4%, the agency also said. Retail sales in the eurozone fell by 3.8% YoY in March after a 2.4% decrease a month before. In monthly…
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili and South Korea’s Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho on May 4 discussed possibilities of increasing investments from South Korea to Georgia and highlighted the importance of launching free trade and investment protection agreements between the countries. The meeting was held as part of the 56th Annual Meeting of…
In January-March, compared to the same period last year, the amount of cash in Ukrainian banks increased by 22.6% YoY and cash withdrawals – by 3.7%. The press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported this on Telegram. In the first quarter of 2023, the amount of cash in banks reached UAH 601.2…