By saving up a portion of their monthly income, 31% of Baltic residents have managed to accumulate up to EUR 5,000 in savings. Savings of 21% of Baltic residents are higher than that. Estonian residents generally have the biggest savings. Latvia, on the other hand, has many more residents who don’t have any savings at…
Georgian Deputy Finance Minister Mikheil Dundua on April 12 said the country had shown “best results” among 193 countries in four “important indicators” in the updated 2022-2028 assessment and long-term forecast of the International Monetary Fund. Dundua said Georgia ranked second in the world in the study, while also placing first in Eurasia, Africa, Australia…
The State Fiscal Service (SFS) in 2022 recovered from taxpayers with debts payments non-paid in time to the budget amounting to 2.6 billion lei (130 million euros). Most money – 1.7 billion lei – was recovered through foreclosure measures. Over 900 million lei was recovered through preliminary compliance actions. About 596 million lei out of…
Polish retail sales went down by 0.7% YoY in February after a 2.5% increase in January, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported on April 11. Month on month, retail sales went down by 2%, the agency also said. Retail sales in the eurozone fell by 3% YoY in February after a 1.8% decrease a month…
In the first quarter of 2023, the State Customs Service of Ukraine transferred UAH 100.9 billion to the state budget, up by UAH 16.3 billion YoY. “In January-March, the State Customs Service completed the revenues plan by 101.2%, having transferred UAH 100.9 billion to the state budget (with the planned target being UAH 99.7 billion),”…
Prime Minister Dorin Recean participated in the opening of a roundtable dedicated to economic diplomacy. The event brings together ambassadors and general consuls of Moldova accredited abroad, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported. In his speech, the PM stressed the importance of promoting Moldovan goods abroad, through strengthening the commercial and economic cooperation…
Poland’s unemployment is expected to stay unchanged in the next few months, a deputy family and social policy minister has said. In March, Poland’s unemployment rate stood at 5.4%, down by 0.1% MoM and by 0.4% YoY. Stanislaw Szwed said on April 10 that “unemployment will most likely remain at the current level in the…