Good for Business
Good for Business
airBaltic Training Pilot Academy to Build New Aircraft Hangar in Liepaja
16.08.2019.airBaltic Training has launched the construction of a new aircraft hangar in Liepaja. Today, on August 16, 2019, airBaltic together with Transport Minister of the Republic of Latvia Tālis Linkaits, partners from International Airport Liepaja, Liepaja’s city council and construction company LTD PICHE, gathered to celebrate the next step of the airBaltic new aircraft hangar construction process at International Airport Liepaja by inserting Time Capsule in the foundation of the hangar.
Keyword tags: Airport, Education and Science, Good for Business, Latvia, Transport
15.08.2019.Estonia: Ekspress Grupp invests up to EUR 2 mln in automation of production process
15.08.2019.Draugiem Group company printful posts EUR 11.461 mln in 2018 turnover
15.08.2019.Lithuania's Novaturas turnover up 1% to EUR 99.8 mln
14.08.2019.Karavela turnover amounted to EUR 25 mln in H1
14.08.2019.Operator of Latvia's Elkor retail chain raises turnover 4.2% in 2018
14.08.2019.Alexela to open 1st public LNG filling station in Baltics
14.08.2019.Estonia's Apollo Group opens 1st new concept KFC restaurant in Riga
Baltic States: News & Analytics
Analytics, EU – Baltic States, Baltic States – CIS, Legislation, Modern EU
Number of children in Latvia has dropped by 4.3% in eight years
16.08.2019.There were 359,000 children in Latvia early this year, which is by 16,000 or 4.3% fewer than in 2010, according to te Central Statistical Bureau.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Demography, Latvia, Statistics
16.08.2019.Two Estonians charged in Finland's largest ever money laundering case
16.08.2019.Enforcing sustainability: modern challenges and needed reforms (I)
15.08.2019.FCMC suspends the provision of financial services by JSC PNB Banka and decides on the unavailability of deposits
15.08.2019.Latvia: In the 2nd quarter, significant upturn in the number of tourists from Spain
15.08.2019.In II quarter 2019, the unemployment rate in Lithuania stood at 6.1%
15.08.2019.Employment of 50–74 year olds the highest in 10 years
15.08.2019.In the 2nd quarter of 2019, Latvian unemployment rate constituted 6.4%
Baltic States: Economy
Transport, Markets and Companies, Energy, Real Estate, Technology, Tourism, LIVE RĪGA, Baltic export
U.S. Efforts To Derail Russian Pipelines To Europe Have Failed Since The 1960s. Will Nord Stream 2 Be Any Different?
15.08.2019.U.S. President Donald Trump will fly to Europe later this month to pursue a goal his predecessors going back to John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan failed to achieve -- derailing a Kremlin-backed energy-export pipeline.
Keyword tags: Construction, Energy, Energy Market, EU – CIS, Gas, Gas Market , Russia, USA
15.08.2019.Estonia: Elering pays out EUR 5.3 mln in renewable energy subsidy in July
15.08.2019.Russia's Gazprom supplied 170 mln cubic meters of gas to Estonia in H1
15.08.2019.Consolidated turnover of SAF Tehnika telecommunications equipment maker grows 8% in past FY
14.08.2019.Latvian hospitals, Emergency Medical Service short of more than 1,000 medics, nurses
14.08.2019.Olainfarm pharmaceutical group looking for new CEO in international tender
14.08.2019.VNI state property manager to unilaterally take over construction site of New Riga Theater
14.08.2019.Turnover of Gunvor's Estonian unit drops due to smaller one-off revenues
Baltic States: Finances & Investments
Financial Services, Investments, Buy / Sell Business
40% of PNB Banka clients are senior citizens
16.08.2019.According to information from the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FKTK), 40% of PNB Banka's clients are senior citizens, reported LETA/BNS.
Keyword tags: Banks, Financial Services, Latvia
16.08.2019.Citadele Bank to pay guaranteed compensation to PNB Banka customers
15.08.2019.Swedbank Estonia to lower management fees for 2nd pillar funds
14.08.2019.Latvia's 2020 budget will be its largest yet - PM Karins
13.08.2019.EUR 639 mln paid out in pensions, family allowances in Estonia in Q2
12.08.2019.Estonia: Eften Real Estate Fund III sees revenue increase, profit decline on month in July
08.08.2019.Lithuania: The world's first digital collector coin is under way
07.08.2019.Finance portal: Estonia weighing tax cut for young people, parents of young children
Education and Science
Education and Science, Economic History, Book review
Estonia: Erasmus+ program supporting learning mobility with EUR 12.5 mln
12.08.2019.The Archimedes Foundation is distributing altogether 12.5 mln euros for the learning mobility of Estonia's education field in the 2019 round of applications of the European Union's education, youth and sport program Erasmus+, informed LETA/BNS.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Estonia, EU – Baltic States
19.07.2019.How building a Tesla factory changed classwork for Lithuanian schoolchildren
10.07.2019.Universities and colleges in Latvia receive the largest number of enrolment applications in five years
09.07.2019.Latvia: Students' average performance in this year's centralized mathematics exam worst in a decade
05.07.2019.Riga Technical University and University of Latvia included in European Teaching Rankings
05.07.2019.Estonia: Koit student satellite launched into orbit from Russian cosmodrome
04.07.2019.Estonia taking part in G7 education ministers' meeting Thursday
02.07.2019.Survey: Estonian residents' involvement in education, employment among longest in Europe
Baltic States: Opinion
Direct speech
There are signs within the strong labour market that the economy is cooling
14.08.2019.The labour market remains favourable for employees. The unemployment rate was 5.1% in the second quarter. The number of short-term workers from abroad rose noticeably. Employers in industry have become more pessimistic about continued growth in employment.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Banks, Direct Speech, Economics, Estonia, Labour-market
12.08.2019.The energy transition in the European political context
07.08.2019.Latvia: Manufacturing sector growth increasingly constrained by wood industry
05.08.2019.Latvia: External environment remains overcast
25.07.2019.Arthur Juksh: Interest in Our Loans is Very High
23.07.2019.Estonia: Corporate car leases picking up again
17.07.2019.Estonia: Growth in corporate equity has slowed
15.07.2019.How developments in global food commodity prices affect consumer prices in Latvia
Round Table
Round Table
Modern city: sustainability vs. “mega-projects” in Latvian development
06.03.2017.Managing urban areas has been always one of the most important development challenges for city planners. During last decades, cities have been developed in a strictly “human & sustainable” way: everything for city’s dwellers! However, nowadays it’s easy to evaluate the “optimal city” –its development has to be in line with the sustainability concept adopted by the UN and in effect from January 2016.
Keyword tags: EU – Baltic States, Investments, Latvia, Real Estate, Round Table
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Press-releases, Forums
Port of Oslo Joining as a Speaker
16.08.2019.On September 11, 2019, in Kaliningrad, at the 11th International Baltic Transport Forum, experts from different countries will share their vision of the development of the region.
Keyword tags: EU – CIS, Forum, Port, Railways, Russia, Transport
16.08.2019.Latvian talents explore working and living in Finland
14.08.2019.Tallinn Digital Summit 2019 to focus on future of AI
08.08.2019.The main focus is on long-term cooperation
06.08.2019.Estonia: Chinese embassy to hold business forum in Tallinn
30.07.2019.Early Confirmed Speakers at the Baltic Transport Forum
26.07.2019.With the Support of Rietumu Bank, the World Jazz Festival Will Be Held in Riga
22.07.2019.Rīga Jūrmala Festival, Held with the Support of Rietumu Bank, Has Begun
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