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Riga Port increases cargo turnover by 9.6% in 7 months
14.08.2012In the first seven months of 2012, the Freeport of Riga handled 21.96 million tons of cargo, which is 9.6% more than in the corresponding period last year, the port informed Nozare.lv.
Keyword tags: Good for Business, Latvia, Port, Transport
Latvia records EU's fastest economic growth in Q2
14.08.2012In the second quarter of 2012, Latvia's economy displayed the fastest growth across the European Union when compared with the second quarter of 2011 or the second fastest if compared to the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest data from the EU's statistical office Eurostat. The second largest year-on-year growth was recorded in Slovakia – 2.9%. Lithuania's GDP grew 2.7%, the third largest growth in the EU.
Government supports allocating LVL 2 mln to employees involved in combating shadow economy
14.08.2012Today, the government of Latvia, within the framework of budget amendments for 2012, decided to allocate LVL 2 million to motivate state employees involved in combating shadow economy.
Finnish investors most active on Estonia's real estate market
14.08.2012Finns are most active buyers of Estonia-based real estate objects as compared to other non-residents, LETA/Kauppalehti reports.
Unemployment rate in Estonia decreased to 10.2% in Q2
14.08.2012According to Statistics Estonia, in the 2nd quarter of 2012, the number of unemployed persons decreased to 71,000 and the unemployment rate to 10.2%. The situation of young people on the labour market has not improved this year.
Latvenergo: no alternatives to Visaginas NPP in Baltics
Given that small countries do not have alternative to nuclear energy, Latvia is ready to invest in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project. Experts of Latvernergo AS, Latvian power company, however, forecast that regional partners will join the project only when issues of safety and distribution of responsibilities are resolved.
Additional LVL 10 mln to be allocated to Stradins Hospital in Riga
The review of the Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital's request for additional LVL 10 million funds was accepted by the government today.
EU’s assessment of Latvian economic activity 
