Good for Business
Good for Business
Industrial park and logistics center opens in Muuga
17.05.2013.Today Katoen Natie, a Belgian company and one of the largest logistics firms in the world, opened a 25,000 square meters large warehouse complex for the management of goods to be directed to Russia and the CIS in Muuga, which, among other things, stands for the start of operations of Port of Tallinn Muuga industrial park, reported BC the Port of Tallinn.
Keyword tags: Estonia, EU – Baltic States, Good for Business, Logistics, Port, Transport
17.05.2013.Autogas sales in Latvia increased by 50% in Q1
17.05.2013.Latvian pharmaceutical wholesalers' turnover increases by 4% in Q1
17.05.2013.Juku starts sailing season between Tallinn and Aegna
17.05.2013.EuroLCDs opens liquid-crystal display plant in Ventspils
17.05.2013.Estonian meat industries quadrupled profits in 2012
17.05.2013.Lithuanian constructor Hanner implements logistics complex project in Russia
17.05.2013.Norwegian Visma plans to create 300-500 IT jobs in Vilnius
Baltic States: News & Analytics
Analytics, EU – Baltic States, Baltic States – CIS, Legislation, Business in Europe
PMs of Latvia and the Czech Republic see opportunities to increase economic cooperation between countries
17.05.2013.On May 17, during the meeting of Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Nečas, both officials shared the opinion that the relations of the two countries should focus on increasing mutual trade and exchange in investments, informs BC press secretary to the Prime Minister Mārtiņš Panke.
Keyword tags: Economics, Energy, EU – Baltic States, Financial Services, Investments, Latvia, Legislation, Markets and Companies
17.05.2013.In 2012, museum visits amounted to 3.04 mln in Estonia
17.05.2013.Lithuania registers Europe's third smallest decrease in new automobile registrations in April
17.05.2013.Strengthening relations with Central Asia will be priority during Latvia's EU presidency
17.05.2013.In 2012, 42,954 left and 17,300 returned to Lithuania
17.05.2013.Latvia high on list of tolerant countries
17.05.2013.Criminal proceeds of 1.9 mln euros worth confiscated by Estonian authorities in 2012
16.05.2013.Unemployment of young people in Latvia was reducing in Q1
Baltic States: Economy
Transport, Markets and Companies, Energy, Real Estate, Technology, Tourism, LIVE RĪGA, Baltic export
Scientific support for the Danube Strategy: following the steps of the Baltic Sea Strategy
17.05.2013.The Danube Region covers the territory of 8 EU countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania) and six non-EU countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova). Since 2011, the Commission assists the region in overcoming existing social, economic and environmental problems.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Energy, EU – Baltic States, Legislation, Markets and Companies
17.05.2013.Possibilities for tourism promotion between Lithuania and UK explored
17.05.2013.Simmermann: Rail Baltica project could be economically viable thanks to cargo shipments from Finland
17.05.2013.Price of LitPol Link interconnection stands at EUR 283,827
17.05.2013.Tallinn to buy 40 buses from MAN
17.05.2013.Czechs wish to cooperate in Rail Baltica project
17.05.2013.Riga City Council official suspected of taking bribes over public passenger transport
17.05.2013.Excise tax revenue from alcohol in Latvia grew by 9% in Q1
Baltic States: Finances & Investments
Financial Services, Investments, Buy / Sell Business
Lithuanian banks cleverly avoid paying income tax
17.05.2013.Lithuanian state budget collects around LTL 25 billion (EUR 7.25 billion) every year. A significant share of it is an income tax. Both last year and this year (2012 and 2013) around LTL 1.2 billion (EUR 348 million) of it will be collected, informs LETA/ELTA, referring to Respublika.
Keyword tags: Banks, Financial Services, Legislation, Lithuania, Loan, Taxation
17.05.2013.LHV Group buys Snoras Lizingas
17.05.2013.Lithuania's income balance deficit grows in March
17.05.2013.Rimsevics: it’s inconsiderate to plan additional expenditures in budget amendments
16.05.2013.Estonian budget collects 22% annual plan in 3 months
16.05.2013.Bank of Latvia leaves interest rates unchanged in May
16.05.2013.LVL 4.735 mln worth of Krajbanka assets recovered in April
16.05.2013.Semeta: findings of working group analysis on tax system are rational in Lithuania
Education and Science
Education and Science, Economic History, Book review
U.S. Embassy in Latvia announces annual Fulbright Fellowship Program
16.05.2013.The U.S. Embassy in Latvia has announced the launch of this year’s competition for the Fulbright Foreign Student Program and the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for academic year 2014-2015, LETA was informed by the U.S. Embassy's Press and Culture Department.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Forum, Latvia, USA
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
07.05.2013.New education minister: teachers should receive at least LVL 500 in gross wages
03.05.2013.President: Latvia's political system increasingly characterized by "irresponsibility and bickering"
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
Krugman will not attend Riga Economic Forum
16.05.2013.Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Princeton University Professor Paul Krugman will not participate in the First Riga Economic Forum due to the unexpected political controversy that his invitation to the forum has caused in Latvia, as the organizers of the forum informed the Nozare.lv business portal, cites LETA.
Keyword tags: Baltic States – CIS, Economics, EU – Baltic States, Forum, Latvia, Markets and Companies
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
13.05.2013.21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition to take place in Copenhagen
13.05.2013.Conference ''Low Wage Earners in Latvia and the Region'' will take place at SSE Riga
10.05.2013."Gumball 3000" automobiles to be displayed for general public in downtown Riga
02.05.2013.The Lennart Meri Conference in Estonia focuses on the North-South split
29.04.2013.Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2013: Recycling Socialism
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EU’s assessment of Latvian economic activity 
