Italy announced a record increase in the supply of wine to Russia in 2022. Despite the sanctions, exports grew by 16%, reaching €172 million, according to the association of Italian agricultural producers Coldiretti. In addition, last year Italy ranked first among wine suppliers to Russia with a market share of about 30%, ahead of Spain and Georgia. @banksta
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Several thousand people came out to protest in Lisbon and other cities in Portugal to express dissatisfaction with the housing crisis. The cost of rent in 2022 increased by 37% – more than in Barcelona and Paris. Lisbon was recognized as the most attractive city for “digital nomads”. @banksta
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Russians have booked twice as many tours for the May holidays than last year, according to travel agencies. Despite a significant rise in travel costs, most are going abroad. The most popular destinations are Turkey, UAE, Egypt, Thailand and trips around Russia. @banksta
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The share of borrowers with two or more loans in 2022 exceeded 50% for the first time. This was mainly due to an increase in the number of bank customers with five loans, according to the Scoring Bureau. @banksta
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Due to the influx of Ukrainian grain into the countries of Eastern Europe, local farmers and agricultural producers are losing profits and may be the leitmotif of political change, writes Bloomberg. The agency recalls that after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the countries of Eastern Europe became a transshipment point for the transportation of agricultural products stuck in Ukraine. However, the agency notes, the grain is almost never sent to the poorest countries, but ends up in storage facilities that are already almost full. In addition to Poland, farmers can influence the political situation in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia, where parliamentary elections are to be held soon. According to Bloomberg, former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who opposes anti-Russian sanctions and does not support the supply of weapons to Ukraine, leads in polls in Slovakia. At the same time, protests by local farmers continue in Bulgaria and Romania. @banksta
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The cost of renting housing in Dubai has recently increased significantly, which is why former tenants are forced to move to less prestigious housing or move to the outskirts of the city and to other parts of the UAE, writes Bloomberg. On average, the cost of renting a villa over the past year has jumped by 26% and reached $80.4 thousand, renting an apartment has risen in price by an average of 28% and amounted to almost $27.7 thousand, follows from the data of the consulting company CBRE Group. Executive search firm founder Metin Mitchell told the agency that “Dubai’s character is changing.” “It’s becoming a hyper-dynamic economy again, but it’s also becoming more like Monaco, catering to the needs of the rich and wealthy,” Mitchell said. @banksta
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The five BRICS countries now account for 31.5% of global GDP, while the share of the G7 has fallen to 30%. It is expected that by 2030 the share of BRICS in world GDP will exceed 50%. @banksta
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Turkish Antalya received about 800 thousand tourists in the first three months of 2023. The current flow of vacationers is a new record for Antalya, this has not happened before even before the pandemic. At the same time, more than a quarter of the tourists who arrived are Russians @banksta
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Kazakhstan from May to the end of the year will voluntarily reduce oil production by 78,000 barrels per day – the Ministry of Energy of the Republic. Saudi Arabia will also voluntarily cut oil production by 500,000 barrels over the same period, Riyadh said. @banksta