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BONO aims at a billion!

28.01.2022.

The LLC (SIA) BONO enters the sawn timber market and plans to attract investments in the amount of 100 million euro to reach 1 billion turnover within 3 years.

Keyword tags: Good for Business, Investments, Latvia, Markets and Companies, Woodwork

30.12.2020.On the verge of its 25th anniversary, The Baltic Course leaves business media market

30.12.2020.EU to buy additional 100 mln doses of coronavirus vaccine

29.12.2020.Number of new companies registered in Estonia up in 2020

28.12.2020.Tartu to support students' solar car project

28.12.2020.Owner of Kunda Nordic Tsement to install full-scale CCS facility in Norway

23.12.2020.Flying Forward 2020 starts developing air mobility of cities

23.12.2020.LTG Infra gets green light to build Rail Baltica section from Kaunas to Latvian border

Baltic States: News & Analytics Analytics, EU – Baltic States, Baltic States – CIS, Legislation, Modern EU

LLC Dizozols Investments finalizes investment attraction deal with Crowdestor with record-high profits

26.08.2021.

LLC Dizozols Investments has successfully carried out one of the biggest investment attraction projects in the Baltics attracting 2.77 million euros in investment from more than 3500 investors with the crowdfunding platform Crowdestor, returning 3.46 million euros, which ensures 690,000 euro profit to investors.

Keyword tags: EU – Baltic States, Investments, Technology

29.12.2020.Latvia to impose curfew, state of emergency to be extended until February 7

29.12.2020.Lithuanian president signs 2021 budget bill into law

28.12.2020.First people in Latvia receive Covid-19 vaccines

23.12.2020.airBaltic to conduct repatriation flight from UK on December 28

23.12.2020.New Year's fireworks banned in Latvia

23.12.2020.Face masks to be mandatory also in nature trails in Latvia

22.12.2020.Initially, 4,875 medics to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Latvia

Baltic States: Economy Transport, Markets and Companies, Energy, Real Estate, Technology, Tourism, LIVE RĪGA, Baltic export

Hotels showing strong interest in providing self-isolation service

30.12.2020.

Hotels' interest in providing self-isolation services to Covid-19 patients and persons who have come into contact with infected people is very strong, Santa Graikste, head of the Hotel and Restaurant Association, told LETA.

Keyword tags: Covid-19, EU – Baltic States, Latvia, Legislation, Tourism

28.12.2020.

23.12.2020.Lidl Lithuania to destroy Salmonella-contaminated eggs from Ukraine

22.12.2020.Movement of parcels between Estonia, UK suspended until New Year; Lithuanian Post warns of delays

21.12.2020.EUR 170 mln Estonian-Latvian electricity connection to start work Jan. 1

18.12.2020.Electric power generation in Latvia down 21% in November

18.12.2020.Estonia: Online shopping rising along with spread of coronavirus

18.12.2020.Shopping malls in Latvia extend opening hours on Friday

Baltic States: Finances & Investments Financial Services, Investments, Buy / Sell Business

New Year Cards and Calendars of Rietumu Bank presented

28.12.2020.

As with every year, we at Rietumu Bank have created special 2021 holiday greeting cards and calendars for our clients.

Keyword tags: Banks, Culture, Financial Services, Forum, Latvia

17.12.2020.Estonia: Up to 1 mln Saunum shares to be admitted to trading on First North

16.12.2020.Eesti Pank forecasts that the economy will probably recover to its pre-crisis level in the second half of next year

16.12.2020.Insurance premiums grow 1.4%, claims down 5.3% in 9 months in Latvia

15.12.2020.Estonia: Inbank acquires 53% stake in full-service vehicle rental company Mobire

15.12.2020.State Revenue Service has paid EUR 715,773 in downtime benefits and wage subsidies so far

15.12.2020.Budget revenue collected by Latvian Revenue Service in 11 months 6.4% short of target

14.12.2020.Share of Latvian residents accumulating savings has shrunk as a result of Covid-19

Education and Science Education and Science, Economic History, Book review

University of Tartu among best in emerging Europe, Central Asia

17.12.2020.

In the newly published ranking list of universities from emerging Europe and Central Asia, the University of Tartu has reached the second place, which is also the highest among Estonian universities. Lomonosov Moscow State University has been the first from the start, informs LETA/BNS.

Keyword tags: Baltic States – CIS, Education and Science, Estonia, EU – Baltic States, Latvia, Rating

14.12.2020.Primary schoolchildren in Lithuania start early winter holidays

02.12.2020.All school pupils will have to wear face masks from January

27.11.2020.EU Parliament demands Belarusian authorities to investigate murder of art-teacher Raman Bandarenka

25.11.2020.Minimum floor space at schools should be 3 m2 per pupil, teachers will have to wear masks

20.11.2020.Estonia: Mailis Reps announces resignation from minister post

16.11.2020.Coalition in Latvia agrees to increase government guarantees for study loans

12.11.2020.Estonia: All Narva schools switch to distance learning

Baltic States: Opinion Direct speech

Landsbergis: Lithuania to declare state of emergency if people fail to obey lockdown

18.12.2020.

The Lithuanian parliament could declare a state of emergency if people failed to follow the lockdown restrictions imposed by the government to get the spread of COVID-19 under control, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said, cites LETA. "If it is decided, or more precisely, if there is a need, if the numbers do not fall and the public fail to come to the understanding that the situation has to be taken seriously, then the Seimas could be asked to impose additional restrictions," Landsbergis, the chairman of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the biggest party in the parliament, said in an interview with BNS.

Keyword tags: Baltic States – CIS, Direct Speech, Energy, EU – Baltic States, Interview, Lithuania, Transport

11.12.2020.Balance of payments under the sign of COVID-19

08.12.2020.Following a leap in the third quarter, wage growth will decelerate as a result of the prolonged COVID-19 crisis

04.12.2020.The third quarter recorded GDP growth, albeit amid rising concerns

01.12.2020.People have become more prudent in their consumption habits

30.11.2020.Vasiliauskas: Cherry-picking banks to face competition from smaller market players

27.11.2020.Euromonitor International: Coronavirus Increases Demand for Autonomous Vehicles

25.11.2020.Rebounding confidence in the summer has led companies to borrow more actively in the autumn

Round Table Round Table

Relationship between the housing development services market and the mortgage lending system in Latvia

18.05.2019.

In a modern welfare state, regardless of its model, the mortgage institute is significant. It is an economic instrument that facilitates implementation of various social projects.

Keyword tags: Banks, Financial Services, Real Estate, Round Table

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The photo exhibition “Icons – an Exhibition about the Right to Exist” opened in Rietumu in Riga

22.12.2020.

The Swedish Ambassador to Latvia, Ms Karin Hőglund, recently hosted an online broadcast from the photo exhibition “Icons – an Exhibition about the Right to Exist”, which opened in early December in Rietumu Gallery.

Keyword tags: Banks, Culture, EU – Baltic States, Financial Services, Forum, Latvia