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		<title>Ukraine: Government expands Affordable Medicines programme with 51 additional medicines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Government is expanding the Affordable Medicines programme. An additional 51 international non-proprietary names (INNs) of medicines will be added to the updated list, which will take effect from July, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko has announced. The newly included medicines cover the management of high blood pressure, treatment of heart failure and cardiac&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lithuania: Vilnius airport finally overtakes Riga</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the first time in the country&#8217;s history, Vilnius Airport has surpassed Riga Airport in monthly passenger numbers. &#8220;More passengers boarded and disembarked at Vilnius Airport than at Riga Airport in May. A milestone we hardly dared expect to reach three years ago,&#8221; Simonas Bartkus, chief executive of Lithuanian Airports, wrote on Facebook. Excluding transit&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: EU prepares support measures for exporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Union is preparing to provide additional support to Armenia amid restrictions imposed on the import of Armenian products into Russia, EU Ambassador to Armenia Vassilis Maragos has said during a meeting with Armenian exporters. According to Maragos, important meetings and phone discussions were scheduled for June 4, after which specific additional support measures&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: over 63 thousand Ukrainians receive e-taxpayer card online in two weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over 63 thousand citizens have already used the new digital service for issuing a taxpayer card in electronic form. This was reported by the head of the State Tax Service Lesya Karnaukh. &#8220;The document, which thousands of citizens need every year, can be obtained in a few clicks. The service is gaining more and more&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: major scheduled repair work completed on state-important roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Major scheduled repair work to eliminate road surface damage has been completed on state-important roads. Since the beginning of the year, almost 14 million sq. m of road surface has been repaired. Despite difficult weather conditions and security challenges, repairs continued in all regions of the country. Such a pace and volume of work was&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Baltic States: EBRD cuts growth forecast and warns of Rail Baltica and airBaltic risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has lowered its economic growth forecasts for all three Baltic States for both this year and next year. According to the bank&#8217;s latest projections, Latvia&#8217;s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 2.0% this year, down from the 2.2% forecast published in February. The forecast&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: Pashinyan vows to resolve EAEU trade issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he did not see an insurmountable problem in the restrictions imposed by Russia on imports of certain Armenian products and pledged to address the issue through existing Eurasian Economic Union mechanisms. Pashinyan noted that he was the only EAEU official who participated in both of the organization&#8217;s governing bodies. &#8220;I&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: State Tax Service helps businesses identify risks in timely manner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The State Tax Service is actively developing a service approach in working with payers. To help identify and eliminate possible risks in a timely manner, in less than a year, the State Tax Service has sent payers more than 40 thousand information messages. All of them are sent through the Payer&#8217;s Electronic Cabinet. This mechanism&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: State Tax Service approves List of taxpayers for May 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The State Tax Service (STS) approved the List of taxpayers with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation as of May. It includes 9,251 business entities. Compared to the previous list, the number of such taxpayers has increased by 260 business entities, or almost 3%, which indicates an increase in the number of&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia: government unveils 49 economic measures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Hlas) has finally unveiled the first package of measures aimed at supporting the economy, following six months of negotiations and preparation. With the package published on Monday evening, the public had less than a day to assess the nearly 40 measures. The package was discussed on June 1 by the tripartite&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Estonia: Tallinn Airport sets new passenger record</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tallinn Airport set a new passenger record in May, handling over 354,000 passengers in a single month and seeing a 13% YoY increase. Eero Pargmae, member of the management board of Tallinn Airport, said the biggest factor behind the growth is low-cost carrier Wizz Air&#8217;s expansion in Tallinn. While the airline offered only one direct&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: country has cheaper gas offers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There have long been offers of cheaper than the gas currently sold to Armenian consumers, according to Khachatur Sukiasyan, a businessman and member of parliament from the ruling Civil Contract faction. &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, there have long been offers that are cheaper than the gas ultimately sold to consumers. I cannot provide details right now because&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Energy Minister discusses new projects to strengthen energy security with Turkish colleague</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal met with Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkiye, on the sidelines of an energy forum in Baku. The ministers discussed the current situation in Ukraine&#8217;s energy system and the country&#8217;s needs in preparation for the&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: businesses attract UAH 3.9 billion in affordable loans under &#8220;5-7-9%&#8221; program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past week, entrepreneurs issued 844 new loans for UAH 3.85 billion within the framework of the state initiative &#8220;Affordable Loans 5-7-9%. The program is a component of the &#8220;Made in Ukraine&#8221; manufacturer development policy. The largest increase in the amount of loans issued fell on lending to the processing industry &#8211; plus UAH&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Latvia: latest statistics reveal unpleasant trend in labour market</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Latvia&#8217;s unemployment rate stood at 6.5% in April, exceeding the average levels recorded both in the European Union (EU) and the eurozone, according to data published on June 1 by the EU statistical office Eurostat. Among EU member states, higher unemployment rates in April were recorded in Finland (10.6%), Spain (10.3%), Greece (9.5%), Sweden (8.6%),&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bulgaria: retail chains plan price cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bulgarian MP from &#8220;Progressive Bulgaria&#8221; Vladimir Nikolov said that major retail chains had indicated readiness to reduce prices by around 15% following discussions with authorities and stakeholders. He stated that the sector had already presented a framework for implementing lower prices across key goods. &#8220;The chains have already come up with a plan on how&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Government launches State Labour Service reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution that marks the first practical step in the reform of the State Labour Service of Ukraine. The document updates the Regulation on the State Labour Service, clarifies its powers, removes overlaps with other public authorities, and lays the groundwork for further regulatory and digital reforms.&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: state and state-guaranteed debt decreases</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ukraine maintains a controlled debt dynamic even amid the full-scale war: since the beginning of 2026, the state and state-guaranteed debt has decreased by over EUR 190 million. At the same time, the structure of the debt portfolio remains predominantly concessional and long-term, while the share of state-guaranteed debt continues to decline. As of April&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bulgaria: country tops Europe for highest net income</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bulgaria ranks first in Europe when it comes to how much of a 100,000-euro annual salary employees actually keep after taxes and social security deductions, according to a comparative analysis covering 31 European countries. The study examined net income levels across all EU member states, along with the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, and Turkey. It&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Latvia: airBaltic repays part of state loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Latvia&#8217;s national airline, airBaltic, has repaid the first instalment of its state loan amounting to 6.4 million euro, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT). The ministry stated that airBaltic was meeting its obligations and had completed the first repayment under the loan agreement in the amount of 6.4 million euro. The 30 million euros&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Baltic States: decision on permanent summer time stalls over Finland&#8217;s preference</title>
		<link>https://smiraponitke.com/2026/06/01/baltic-states-decision-on-permanent-summer-time-stalls-over-finlands-preference.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Baltic countries agree that clock changes should be abolished and that permanent summer time should be adopted. However, since Finland would prefer permanent wintertime, Estonia does not want to create a time difference with them, meaning no decision is expected in the near future. The idea of ending clock changes in Europe dates back&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: State Tax Service changing work philosophy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When a country is living in conditions of full-scale war, the main task of state institutions is to ensure continuous and stable work. From the first days of the Russian invasion, this has become a priority task for the tax service. This was said by the Acting Head of the State Tax Service Lesya Karnaukh&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pablo And The Strong Pouch Reputation That Refuses To Fade</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 03:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pablo has become one of the most talked‑about nicotine pouch names in Europe, drawing attention from both retailers and consumers. While new ultra‑strong brands arrive every season, Pablo’s position in the mainstream high‑strength segment appears surprisingly stable. Market observers note that the brand’s loyal fan base and consistent profile keep it firmly on shelves and&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Ministry of Economy prepares unified environmental permit system for business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The introduction of a unified environmental permit system in Ukraine, which is to replace separate permitting procedures in the field of air emissions, special water use and waste management for enterprises, became the key topic of the round table that the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine held on May 27 in Kyiv.&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poland: Michelin launches first nationwide restaurant guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michelin has published its first-ever restaurant guide covering the whole of Poland, highlighting the country&#8217;s impressive culinary scene. The new, expanded guide adds 92 new restaurants to those previously recognised in Poland, including four newly awarded a coveted Michelin star. Meanwhile, Bottiglieria 1881 in the city of Krakow retains its position as the country&#8217;s only&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Government approves draft new Customs Code aligned with EU norms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Government has approved a draft new European-style Customs Code. This is one of the key steps toward Ukraine&#8217;s accession to the EU and the fulfillment of our commitments within the membership negotiation process. This was emphasized by the Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. The Head of the Government accentuated that the adopted code was&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ukraine: Government allocates UAH 3 billion for installation of additional modular boiler houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 11:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[UAH 3 billion from the state budget reserve fund has been allocated for the implementation of comprehensive regional and city resilience plans. The funds are intended for the development of distributed heat generation, including the procurement of modular boiler houses and related equipment, as well as installation and construction works. The funding will be directed&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Armenia: Pashinyan rejects Russian gas price pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 11:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is illogical to threaten Armenia, for example, with higher gas prices, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in response to statements coming from Russia. He stressed that there was an answer to such threats: &#8220;We will have much more money so that it will not seem expensive to us&#8221;. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moldova: EBRD to provide 150 million euros to modernize strategic roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 11:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moldova will receive additional financial support of 150 million euros, in order to modernize a section of the Chisinau ring road and rehabilitate the M1 Chisinau-Leuseni segment. The funds will be provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The government has approved the draft law for the ratification of the Agreement to&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lithuania: 936 Finnish Patria armoured vehicles to be bought</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 11:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lithuania will purchase 936 Patria armoured vehicles from Finland under a decision approved by the State Defence Council on May 27. President Gitanas Nauseda said 300 of the vehicles were expected to be acquired until 2030. He added that one of Lithuania&#8217;s requirements was for part of the production process to take place inside the&#8230;]]></description>
		
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