Good for Business
Good for Business
Number of visitors at Latvia hotels grew by 5.9% in Q1
24.05.2013.The number of visitors in hotels and other accommodation establishments1 in the 1st quarter of the year 2013 in Latvia comprised 301.3 thousand people. That is 5.9% more than in the 1st quarter of 2012.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Baltic States – CIS, EU – Baltic States, Good for Business, Latvia, LIVE RIGA, Tourism
24.05.2013.In Q1, the number of tourists accommodated in Lithuania grew by 5.6%
24.05.2013.New beach area opened in Riga
24.05.2013.Indian – Baltic Chamber of Commerce opened its office in Gurgao
24.05.2013.Trigon Agri attracts investor from Finland
24.05.2013.Medical personnel seeking for a job have the possibility to apply to 5 000 vacancies in Baltics
24.05.2013.U.S. general: Latvia leader in establishment of "new silk route"
24.05.2013.Park Inn by Radisson Tallinn becomes new member of Estonian Convention Bureau
Baltic States: News & Analytics
Analytics, EU – Baltic States, Baltic States – CIS, Legislation, Business in Europe
Most attractive business environment in Estonia, most problematic – in Lithuania
24.05.2013.The most appealing business environment in the Baltic countries is in Estonia, the most problematic – in Lithuania, according to the study "Business Culture and Values in the Baltic States" carried out by the Center for Sustainable Business at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, informs LETA/Nozare.lv.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Baltic, Legislation, Markets and Companies, Taxation
24.05.2013.In Q1, the average monthly gross wages and salaries in Estonia were 900 euros
24.05.2013.Latvia likely to receive invitation to eurozone along with several recommendations
24.05.2013.Latvenergo and Aldaris receive highest assessment in 2013 Sustainability Index
24.05.2013.Endzins: backing down from promise to reduce personal income tax rate unacceptable in Latvia
24.05.2013.Lithuania's economic expansion will depend more on domestic demand
24.05.2013.President of Latvia promulgates Citizenship Law amendments
24.05.2013.Tatjana Kargina guilty of fraud and forgery in Latvia
Baltic States: Economy
Transport, Markets and Companies, Energy, Real Estate, Technology, Tourism, LIVE RĪGA, Baltic export
Child injuries growing in Latvia since 2010
24.05.2013.The number of children taken to the Children's Clinical University Hospital with various injuries has been steadily increasing since 2010, informs LETA.
Keyword tags: Latvia, Markets and Companies, Medicine, Society
24.05.2013.Lithuania will not incur financial loss in Alita lawsuit
24.05.2013.Number of doctors will fall drastically in 20 years in Estonia
24.05.2013.Lithuania approves of growing hemp for textiles
24.05.2013.Eesti Gaas boosts turnover by 28% in 2012
24.05.2013.Ansip to Barroso: oil shale fuel production should be given green light
24.05.2013.Lipmans: I have not been given opportunity to rescue Liepajas metalurgs
24.05.2013.Matiss invites Russia to think about developing transportation infrastructure connecting 2 countries
Baltic States: Finances & Investments
Financial Services, Investments, Buy / Sell Business
State and municipal debt at LVL 5.759 bln at end-April
24.05.2013.State and municipal debt stood at LVL 5.759 billion at the end of April, according to the State Treasury's data, informs LETA.
Keyword tags: Budget, Financial Services, Latvia
24.05.2013.In April, housing loan portfolio in Estonia stopped shrinking after 4 years
23.05.2013.Estonian Riigikogu puts breaks on speed lending ads
23.05.2013.Lithuania's Invalda elects new president
23.05.2013.EU sets end-2013 deadline for automatic bank data sharing
22.05.2013.Bicevskis: purchase of Latvijas Biznesa Banka indicates appreciation of banking sector's professionalism
22.05.2013.Estonian budget collects 31% annual revenue in 4 months
22.05.2013.Russian financier buys Latvijas Biznesa Banka
Education and Science
Education and Science, Economic History, Book review
University of Latvia rector: Latvia must have more foreign students
22.05.2013.It is important for Latvia to have more foreign students, as University of Latvia Rector Marcis Auzins said during a conference on the development of higher education in Latvia today, writes LETA.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, EU – Baltic States, Latvia
20.05.2013.Grybauskaitė is awarded Doctor of Humane Letters at Georgetown University
16.05.2013.U.S. Embassy in Latvia announces annual Fulbright Fellowship Program
15.05.2013.First few study programs accredited for 6-year period in Latvia
10.05.2013.New Estonian scientific book to be presented in Brussels
09.05.2013.Innovative teaching and learning materials for schools: EU initiatives
08.05.2013.Latvian education minister: problems in education are "very difficult"
08.05.2013.Open lecture with Nick Davies Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Baltic States: Opinion
Direct speech
Butkevicius speech at the Traditional and Renewable Energy Forum 2013
08.05.2013.Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius gave a speech at Traditional and Renewable Energy Forum 2013, reported BC the PM's press service.
Keyword tags: Direct Speech, Energy, EU – Baltic States, Forum, Lithuania
30.04.2013.Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis sees Latvia as "weak" country, which doesn’t listen to entrepreneurs
26.04.2013.A fate of the ballistic anti-missile defense in Central Europe: a view from Slovakia
23.04.2013.Islam Karimov’s speech at the International Conference in Tashkent
21.04.2013.Robert Fico´s speech at GLOBSEC 2013
19.04.2013.Zbigniew Brzezinski: Europe’s main problem is that today’s European Union is more of banks than of people
18.04.2013.Opening remarks by Grybauskaitė at the LOGIN 2013 conference
11.04.2013.Ardo Hansson: rapid economic adjustment helps prevent reform fatigue
Round Table
Round Table
Pension issues in the social EU policies: cross-sectoral approach
15.05.2013.Pension issues in the EU member states are regulated by the so-called supplementary division of competences and are subject to different means from numerous policies. Several Commissioners are responsible for integration process concerning persons under retirement age, i.e. mostly those on pensions. At the same time, these issues are, generally, within the member states competence. Hence, most of them need both political and socio-economic solution.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Education and Science, EU – Baltic States, Investments, Markets and Companies, Pensioners, Round Table
06.12.2011.The case for labour market deregulation in Europe
02.12.2011.Labour Market Development & Regulations: the EU’s approach
02.12.2011.Features of ethnic identity and social adaptation of the Latvians working in England and Ireland
25.05.2011.Baltic IT services sector grew by around 2% in 2010
11.05.2011.Promoting IT healthcare system in Europe: Commission’s plan for 2012-2020
11.05.2011.ERP market in Latvia: a view of insider
27.04.2011.Union’s IT strategy & Entrepreneurship
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Press-releases, Forums
Baltic Sea region innovations in textile industries to be presented in Latvia
24.05.2013.Organized by the Baltic Fashion Federation the international event „Innovations in the fashion and textile industry” will take place on May 28-30, in Riga. The agenda of the event includes two round table discussions, an educational seminar and a visit to the Latvian innovative textile manufacturers, as well as an exhibition of innovative products from six countries of the Baltic Sea region, informed BC The Baltic Fashion Federation.
Keyword tags: Baltic, Forum, Latvia, Markets and Companies, Textile
24.05.2013.Festival of flowers opens in Tallinn
22.05.2013.The most urgent issues and strategic challenges discussed at Vienna CIO summit
21.05.2013.Representatives of Estonian hotels and restaurants come to Russia for tourism convention
21.05.2013.Ilves at an influential Google conference: IT solutions made Estonia great
16.05.2013.Krugman will not attend Riga Economic Forum
16.05.2013.International Conference Black Sea Freight Market & Ports 2013 will take place in Odessa
14.05.2013.Energy experts gather in Estonia for the International Oil Shale Symposium
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EU’s assessment of Latvian economic activity 
