Stiff tariffs imposed by the United States and increased political uncertainty have dealt a blow to the European economy, creating serious preconditions for its stagnation and even recession,” according to Logos Press.
Ukraine has signed a 270m-euro loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to create strategic natural gas reserves, Logos Press has reported.
The owner and chef of the restaurant Meat & Seafood by Alexandr Tkaciuk, located on the first floor of the business center Le Roi, received the TOP CHEF 2025 award from the Italian Chefs Association on April 22, – reports Logos Press.
Ukraine’s Finance Ministry said April 24 that it has failed to reach an agreement with holders of $2.6 billion in debt obligations, making it nearly impossible to make payments due in May, Logos Press reported.
A delegation of the National Bank of Moldova, headed by President Anca Dragu, participated in the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank on April 23, 2025. The Republic of Moldova is a member of both these global financial institutions.
In 2024, Kazakhstan attracted 15.7 billion pounds sterling of external investments into its economy, which is 63% of all financial investments in Central Asian countries,” Logos Press reports.
The European Commission has proposed the creation of a pan-European return system that aims to reduce illegal migration and speed up the process of returning those who have been refused asylum in the EU,” Logos Press reported.
Trade in goods worldwide will decline at an annualized rate of 0.2% in 2025, although as recently as last October a growth rate of 3% was forecast,” Logos Press reported.
Turkey on April 11 commissioned the first Turkish communications satellite, Türksat 6A, and became the 11th nation in the world capable of producing its own communications satellites, Logos Press reported
Moldovan President Maia Sandu addressed the plenary session of parliament on the situation in the country for the first time since her re-election last year to the highest state post in the country. However, the opposition from the Bloc of Communists and Socialists and the now banned former Shor party left the session hall in protest against the authorities’ policy and the content of the head of state’s message.
Investors must obtain permits for the construction of renewable energy generating facilities on the territory of the unrecognized PMR within a maximum of 30 days,” Logos Press reported.
Global natural gas consumption reached a record level in 2024, totaling 4.17 trillion cubic meters, according to the new 2025 Gas Market Report by the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), Logos Press reports.