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		<title>Ukraine: Government allocates UAH 33.6 billion for payments to service members and their families</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Government is allocating UAH 33.6 billion for payments to service members and their families. The funding will be reallocated from the reserve earmarked for the security and defence sector to ensure that all necessary payments are made on time in September, Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergii Koretskyi has announced. According to the Prime Minister,&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: Czech cooperation on urban rail transport sought</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Armenian Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Minister Davit Khudatyan has met Czech Transport Minister Ivan Bednarik during a working visit to Czechia to discuss opportunities for developing cooperation in aviation, rail and road transport. Khudatyan stressed Armenia&#8217;s interest in expanding cooperation with the Czech Republic in urban rail transport, including technical consulting, exchange of expertise and&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: 47 healthcare facilities start generating own electricity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From January through early September, 47 healthcare facilities launched their own electricity generation under the &#8220;Ray of Hope&#8221; project. The total installed capacity of the solar power plants commissioned at these facilities amounts to 3.5 MW. Currently, another 123 projects at healthcare facilities are at various stages of implementation. The commissioning of these 47 facilities&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia: FlixBus adds direct link between Vienna and Bratislava airports</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Due to increased demand, particularly from travellers using Vienna Airport, commercial operator FlixBus has launched a new service connecting it with Bratislava Airport, bringing the two closest national capitals in the European Union even closer. The 911 service operates four times a day, seven days a week, year-round in both directions. The only exception is&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: energy workers restore electricity supply to more than 15 million consumers over three summer months</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From June through August, Ukrainian energy workers restored electricity supply to 15,211,910 consumers who had been left without power as a result of Russian attacks and hostilities. In August alone, electricity supply was restored to 6,274,637 consumers; in July, to 4,953,499 consumers; and in June, to 3,983,774 consumers. The largest number of consumers were reconnected&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia: FlixBus adds direct link between Vienna and Bratislava airports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Due to increased demand, particularly from travellers using Vienna Airport, commercial operator FlixBus has launched a new service connecting it with Bratislava Airport, bringing the two closest national capitals in the European Union even closer. The 911 service operates four times a day, seven days a week, year-round in both directions. The only exception is&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: EUR 80-million loan taken from OPEC Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Armenia will receive an EUR 80-million loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development under an economic transformation program. The relevant agreement was signed on July 8 and 16. The issue was included among non-reportable items on the government meeting agenda and approved. According to the draft, the loan constitutes budget support and is also&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Japan provides $60 million under World Bank&#8217;s LEARN Education Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A total of $60 million has been transferred to the general fund of Ukraine&#8217;s state budget. The financing was provided by the World Bank under the systemic project &#8220;Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine&#8221; (LEARN), with additional support through guarantees from the Government of Japan under the ADVANCE Ukraine Trust&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: State Tax Service prepares set of tax measures to help affected businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The State Tax Service of Ukraine has prepared a set of tax measures to help affected businesses. This was announced by the Acting Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine Lesya Karnaukh during a meeting with more than 60 representatives of business associations and civil society institutions. &#8220;Equipment, warehouses, goods, documents, production stopped. Unfortunately,&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia: real wages fall first time in two and half years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Slovaks&#8217; wages failed to keep pace with inflation in the second quarter of 2026, cutting their purchasing power for the first time in two and a half years. The average gross monthly salary reached EUR 1,707, up by 3.2%, or EUR 53, from a year earlier, the Statistics Office reported on September 2. After inflation&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: UAE receives 60 tons of fish products</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Armenia has exported 60 tons of Armenian fish and fish products to the United Arab Emirates, the Food Safety Inspection Body reports. Taking into account strong demand in the UAE market, the Food Safety Inspection Body is ready to connect interested fish farming and exporting companies with an organization exporting to the UAE to establish&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Cabinet of Ministers re-approves draft of new Labor Code for submission to Verkhovna Rada</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has re-approved the draft of the Labor Code and submitted the draft of the new Labor Code of Ukraine for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada. The document is intended to comprehensively update labor legislation, replacing the current Labor Code of 1971 with modern rules for employees and businesses that&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: special fund of state budget receives UAH 16.8 billion of military levy in August 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to the operational data of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, in August, almost 16.8 billion hryvnias of military levy were received by the special fund of the state budget. In total, in July-August, 34.7 billion hryvnias of military levy were received by the special fund of the state budget. The new procedure for&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bulgaria: country ranks 13th in EU beer production</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bulgaria ranks 13th in the European Union in beer production, with breweries producing 442 million liters in 2025, according to data from the Brewers&#8217; Union of Bulgaria. That volume accounts for about 1.3% of total EU beer production and translates into approximately 68.7 liters per person based on the country&#8217;s population of about 6.44 million&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia: Kaufland nears record profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kaufland increased its profit in Slovakia to EUR 91 million while employees at the supermarket chain are voting on whether to give their union a mandate to call a strike following a long-running dispute over their first collective agreement. Profit rose from EUR 79 million to EUR 91 million in the financial year from March&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: Azerbaijani firms to soon buy domestic goods</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the coming days, it will become known that Azerbaijani companies are buying goods from Armenian companies, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has said. He was responding to a question about trade between Armenia and Azerbaijan appearing to be one-sided, with goods coming to Armenia only from Azerbaijan. &#8220;Now Armenia will sell goods to Azerbaijan. Has&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: over 42,000 Ukrainians receive almost UAH 12 billion for business development in 4 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the four years of implementation of the state program &#8220;Own Business&#8221;, 42,000 Ukrainians have received almost UAH 12 billion in state support for starting and developing their own business. Thanks to the program, more than 60,000 new jobs have been created across the country. &#8220;Own Business&#8221; has become one of the key tools for&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: railway stations integrated into system of legal bus transportation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the initiative of the Ministry of Reconstruction, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine together with Ukrzaliznytsia, railway stations in Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Berdychiv and Bila Tserkva are included in the electronic List of Ukrtransbezpeka bus stations. The decision allows for the official opening of new bus routes directly from railway stations, the establishment of legal&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lithuania: businesses and government clash over migrant quotas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lithuania&#8217;s annual quota for employing foreign workers has already been exhausted, prompting business groups to call for changes to the system, while the government says there is no reason to increase the quota next year and may consider reducing it. Lithuania set this year&#8217;s quota at 24,700 foreign workers, but business representatives say it was&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poland: PGZ interested in joint production of ground robotic systems with Ukraine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Poland&#8217;s defense holding, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), plans to launch a project with a Ukrainian partner to jointly produce ground robotic systems. Rafal Harmoza, director of PGZ&#8217;s International Cooperation Department, said this. According to Harmoza, the Polish side is closely following the development of Ukrainian defense technologies that provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: Moscow sends signal on SCR issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Armenian side received a signal from the Russian side two or three days ago regarding restoration of the South Caucasus Railway&#8217;s Yeraskh-Nakhichevan and Akhurik-Turkey border railway sections, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said. &#8220;That signal indicates that they are ready to understand and discuss the nuances, including who will invest how much, and so&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: entrepreneurs receive UAH 2.2 billion for 606 preferential loans under state program &#8220;5-7-9%&#8221; in a week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past week, within the framework of the state program &#8220;Affordable loans 5-7-9%&#8221;, representatives of micro, small and medium-sized businesses received 606 preferential loans from 48 authorized banks for a total amount of UAH 2.2 billion, of which from state-owned banks &#8211; 419 loans for UAH 1 billion. Since the beginning of 2026, under&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: food supply preserved despite Russian attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Russia is purposefully attacking warehouses and food logistics. A significant part of modern storage facilities has already been destroyed, in some places up to 90%. It is important to understand: Ukrainians will not be left without food. This was announced by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky during his weekly&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: diplomats visit Margara border crossing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Armenia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry leadership and heads of Armenian diplomatic missions abroad, led by Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, visited the Margara checkpoint on the Armenia-Turkey border. During a tour organized as part of the annual workshop, State Revenue Committee Chairman Eduard Hakobyan presented the work carried out to renovate and equip the checkpoint, stressing that it&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia: SaS wants private foundations to help family firms pass to next generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party plans to submit a bill introducing private foundations to help family businesses pass from one generation to the next without being broken up. &#8220;The Slovak economy has reached a period when the first major generation of entrepreneurs after 1989 is ageing and gradually handing their companies over to&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: gas necessary for winter baseline scenario accumulated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The First Deputy Prime Minister &#8211; Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal reported that there were currently 14.6 billion cubic meters of gas in Ukrainian underground storage facilities. According to him, Ukraine has achieved the target level of UGS filling a month ahead of schedule. &#8220;I would like to thank everyone who works for&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: almost 3 billion UAH of environmental tax paid to budget in January-July 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In January-July, 32.5 thousand payers paid almost 3 billion UAH of environmental tax. This is 18.9 million UAH, or 0.6% more than in the corresponding period last year. The largest environmental tax revenues were provided by payers: &#8211; Kyiv &#8211; 619.8 million UAH; &#8211; Dnipropetrovsk region &#8211; 579.4 million UAH; &#8211; Ivano-Frankivsk region &#8211; 308.0&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia: Kosice homebuyers need 12 annual salaries for three-bedroom flat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A newer three-bedroom flat costs about 10 or more average annual gross salaries in every Slovak regional capital surveyed, a comparison of property prices and local wages shows. Kosice, Slovakia&#8217;s second-largest city, is the least affordable. A newer 70-square-metre three-bedroom flat there costs the equivalent of 12.2 average annual salaries, compared with 11.8 in Bratislava.&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: farmers receive UAH 46.3 billion in affordable loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Affordable Loans 5-7-9%&#8221; program remains the main financial instrument for supporting the agricultural sector of Ukraine. As of August 27, 6,864 agricultural enterprises have attracted UAH 46.29 billion under this state program. This shows the high efficiency of preferential financing and the effectiveness of the program in difficult macroeconomic conditions. The following leading regions&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Government Action Programme backed by Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Government team presented the Cabinet of Ministers&#8217; Action Programme to the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development, which is the lead committee responsible for considering the relevant draft resolution. The Committee unanimously supported the Government Action Programme and resolved to recommend that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approve it. Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergii&#8230;]]></description>
		
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