Good for Business
Good for Business
Wix has opened a new office in Vilnius
17.04.2014.Wix, a global leader among website development platforms, has opened a new office in Vilnius. The plan is for the office to employ over 150 information technology (IT) specialists, informed LETA/ELTA, referring to the Vilnius City Municipality.
Keyword tags: Employment, Good for Business, Investments, Lithuania, Technology
17.04.2014.Sales revenue of department store segment of Tallinna Kaubamaja grew by 3.2% in 3 months
16.04.2014.Approved profit of airBaltic in 2013 – 1 mln euros
16.04.2014.Latvian Rail’s profit grew to EUR 79.8 mln in 2013
16.04.2014.The biggest plane maintenance centre in Baltics opens in Tallinn Airport
16.04.2014.In Q1, apartment and housing transactions in Lithuania rocketed to the record levels
16.04.2014.Cargo turnover at Latvian ports increases by 9.4% in 3 months
16.04.2014.Volume of freight transported by Latvian rail grew by 7.6% in Q1
Baltic States: News & Analytics
Analytics, EU – Baltic States, Baltic States – CIS, Legislation, Business in Europe
In 2013, the representation expenses of Seimas leadership amounted to LTL 100,000
17.04.2014.In 2013, the representation expenses of the parliament leadership amounted to LTL 100,000 (EUR 29,000). During 10 months of 2013, Parliament Speaker Vydas Gedvilas (until he was replaced by his party fellow Loreta Grauziniene) was the one to spend the most funds for representation, informs LETA/ELTA, referring to Lietuvos zinios.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Financial Services, Legislation, Lithuania
17.04.2014.Estonia supports keeping Bosnia and Herzegovina towards the EU
17.04.2014.Estonia has one store per 100 people
17.04.2014.Grybauskaite and U.S. Senators discussed European security
17.04.2014.Civil servants' salaries in Lithuania to be compensated
16.04.2014.Salaries in Lithuania are projected to rise by 5.8-6.9% in 2014-2017
16.04.2014.Lithuanian companies are preparing for euro, while residents remain indifferent
16.04.2014.Latvia registers EU's third lowest annual inflation in March
Baltic States: Economy
Transport, Markets and Companies, Energy, Real Estate, Technology, Tourism, LIVE RĪGA, Baltic export
Goods ordered from Chinese e-stores to Estonia post records at the beginning of 2014
17.04.2014.Estonian people have started to order a lot of goods from e-stores abroad and especially the amount of parcels arriving from China is posting records, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
Keyword tags: China, Estonia, Internet, Markets and Companies, Post Office, Technology, Transport
17.04.2014.Number of domestic money orders through the post has doubled in Lithuania in Q1
17.04.2014.Matiss: there won’t be a reduction in Russian cargo going through Latvia's transit corridor
17.04.2014.Consolidated net loss of the supermarket segment Selver was 1 mln euros in Q1
16.04.2014.Estonian Public Broadcasting keeps board chairman, brings in BNS chief
16.04.2014.Latvenergo Group looks at EUR 46 mln profit in 2013
16.04.2014.Estonia’s Pro Kapital's revenue decreases in 2013
16.04.2014.Vopak E.O.S. will launch redundancies
Baltic States: Finances & Investments
Financial Services, Investments, Buy / Sell Business
PZU purchases RSA assets in Baltics and Poland
17.04.2014.PZU SA has today reached an agreement, subject to regulatory and antitrust approvals, to purchase Lietuvos Draudimas AB in Lithuania, AAS Balta in Latvia, the business of the Estonian branch of Codan Forsikring A/S and Link4 Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen S.A. in Poland. The total aggregate consideration amounts to approx. EUR360m. The acquisitions are a key step in fulfilling PZU’s strategy of international expansion, informed BC PZU’s press service.
Keyword tags: EU – Baltic States, Financial Services, Insurance, Legislation, Mergers and take-overs
16.04.2014.2015 Lithuanian euro coin samples have been minted
16.04.2014.Ukrainian and Russian risks of Estonian banks are relatively low
16.04.2014.Lithuanian PM welcomes another step towards banking union
16.04.2014.EU Commission to probe state support for Latvian Reverta and Citadele
16.04.2014.Trading in Invalda LT shares will be stopped from 23rd April
14.04.2014.Financial data of Estonian municipalities made public in Internet
14.04.2014.The net negative FDI flow in Lithuania amounted to 336.2 mln litas in January–February
Education and Science
Education and Science, Economic History, Book review
Tallinn University Green Week focuses on renewable energy and sustainable development
15.04.2014.April 14-17 is a Green Week in Tallinn University, which is a student initiative that focuses on the introduction and discussions about renewable energy, climate changes and sustainable development education, reported BC the press service of the University of Tallinn.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Energy, Estonia, Forum
11.04.2014.Lithuania among top 3 EU member states in highest completion of tertiary education
10.04.2014.The most talented students present their ideas about the development of Riga Freeport
09.04.2014.Book commemorating Lithuania's 10th NATO membership to be presented
07.04.2014.Headquarters for Support of Russian Schools in Latvia to hold protest rally again
07.04.2014.Innovative curricula design conference Higher Education 2020 to take place in Tartu
03.04.2014.Grybauskaite attends awards ceremony of the school students' competition
02.04.2014.Estonians pupils on 12th place in PISA problem solving test
Baltic States: Opinion
Direct speech
Open letter to Latvia's leaders from FICIL on the Maxima tragedy
14.04.2014.Open letter to Latvia's leaders from FICIL on the Maxima tragedy, respectively to the President of the Republic of Latvia Mr Andris Bērziņš, speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia Ms Solvita Āboltiņa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia Ms Laimdota Straujuma.
Keyword tags: Direct Speech, EU – Baltic States, Investments, Latvia, Legislation, Markets and Companies
07.04.2014.Henrik Hololei: agenda of EU presidency can be overtaken by unplanned events
27.03.2014.MEP Zdanoka: EU needs "renovation"
21.03.2014.Karimov’s greeting address at the Navruz festive occasion
19.03.2014.Ambassador: US investments in Lithuania is an example of success story
04.03.2014.Putin answered journalists’ questions on the situation in Ukraine
26.02.2014.Lithuanian economist: ratio of minimum wage to average wage should not exceed 50%
25.02.2014.The heart of Ukrainian “Euromaidan” vis-à-vis the country’s geopolitical limbo
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
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Press-releases, Forums
Presentation of the G-Global megaproject in China
16.04.2014.At the Boao Forum for Asia-2014 (BFA) one of the most promising projects of Kazakhstan – info-communicative platform G-Global and the Astana Economic Forum – was presented to the world public. BFA, the main task of which is to promote economic cooperation in the Asian region, has become an excellent platform for the presentation of Kazakhstan's initiatives.
Keyword tags: China, Economics, Forum, Technology
15.04.2014.World presentation of Astana Economic Forum on Wall Street
14.04.2014.Congress OPEN your mind within the International marketing festival OPEN in Minsk
10.04.2014.European conference tourism organisers view Estonia
09.04.2014.Solutions for speeding up economic growth will be sought at the Turku Baltic Sea Days 2014
08.04.2014.Representatives from more than 100 companies participate in Baltic Business Summit in Riga
07.04.2014.Astana Economic Forum – Kazakhstan’s sustainable energy strategy for international peer review
04.04.2014.“Anti-Counterfeiting” International Forum to take place in Astana
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