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Wednesday, 22.05.2013, 10:26
In 2011 electrical power of cogeneration plants in Latvia increased by 1.95%
16.05.2012According to the data of the Central Statistical Bureau in 2011 there were 84 active combined heat and power (CHP) plants in Latvia, with total electrical capacity of 966.2 megawatts (MW). These CHP plants produced 3122 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity and 4175 GWh of heat energy, which is 60.9 % of the total volume of the produced heat.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Energy, Latvia
47.9% Latvians assess their health as “good” or "very good”
16.05.2012According to the data of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) 47.9% of respondents in 2011 characterised their health as “good” or "very good”. In its turn, 35.5% assessed their health only as “fair”. 13.3% of respondents described their health as "bad" and 3.3% – as "very bad". As compared to 2010 significant changes in self-assessment of state of health have not been recorded.
International lenders: Latvia's GDP will grow by 3.5% in 2012
16.05.2012Latvia's gross domestic product will grow by 3.5% in 2012, International Monetary Fund representative Mark Griffith announced during today's press conference on IMF/EC post-monitoring mission results.
Poland considering to return to Visaginas NPP project
16.05.2012Polish energy company PGE (Polska Grupa Energetyczna) is considering to return to the project of the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) construction, Polish daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna said.
Latvia's current account deficit reduced to LVL 27.6 mln in March
16.05.2012Compared to the first months of the year 2012, the current account deficit reduced to LVL 27.6 million in March.
Estonia and Russia made a step ahead in parliamentary dialogue
Estonian Riigikogu foreign committee chairman Marko Mihkelson, who met on Wednesday in Tallinn with Russian Federation Council foreign committee chairman Mikhail Margelov, said that parliamentary dialogue at the committees level has been restored now, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
Estonia posts EU's second highest annual inflation in April
Annual inflation in Latvia this past April was 2.8%, which was the 11th lowest inflation recorded across the European Union member states, according to latest data from the EU statistical office Eurostat. Inflation in Estonia made 4.2%
EU’s assessment of Latvian economic activity 
