Slovak authorities paid about 56.5m euros in compensation for high electricity and gas prices. In this respect knowledgeable teraz.sk portal. Thus, according to the portal, more than 43 thousand applications from commercial organizations were met.
“As of the end of last week, the Slovak Ministry of Economy has accepted 56,301 applications from businesses, small businesses and church institutions for a total of more than 84 million euros, while more than 43,000 applications have been accepted for approximately 56.5 million euros”, from the material (quotation by the Prime Minister).
The publication says that on April 24, the Slovak Ministry of Economy began accepting applications for compensation for rising electricity and gas prices for March. The appropriate type of assistance can be obtained from an economic organization that has its own electricity or gas meters.
The Bulgarian government had previously decided to ban Ukrainian grain imports. Similar measures were taken in Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.
On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reached At the UN to attend a meeting of the Security Council as chairman. The talks, in which Lavrov will also attend, will be held on April 24 and 25.
The Minister emphasized that Russia has the opportunity to send domestic products and fertilizers to world markets, but this is done “not within the framework of the initiative of the UN Secretary-General, but on the contrary”. The Foreign Minister noted that the UN had responded to all requests by the country regarding this part of the agreement that “they are trying, they are doing their best”, but that the initiative has been in place for nine months and “they all try”.