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Wednesday, 25.04.2018, 01:25
Estonian energy co's market share in Poland to be 5%
10.04.2017The Estonian state-owned energy company Eesti Energia is planning to take over 5% of the Polish energy market, CEO Hando Sutter told journalists on Monday, according to the ISBnews reports writes LETA/BNS.
Keyword tags: Energy, Energy Market, Estonia, EU – Baltic States
Latvia's Transact Pro launches new co-branded gift card project in Lithuania
10.04.2017Latvian payment services provider Transact Pro has launched its first project in Lithuania, issuing gift cards for Kaunas-based Mega, reports LETA
Unemployment level in Latvia falls to 8.3% at end-March
10.04.2017Unemployment rate in Latvia reduced 0.1 percentage points (ppt) to 8.3% in March, according to the State Employment Agency's data reports LETA.
Coalition forms workgroup to find solution to excessively high property taxes in Latvia
10.04.2017The coalition today agreed to form a workgroup tasked with finding a solution to the excessively high sums many households are required to pay in property tax, reports LETA.
Latvian Interior Ministry's state secretary is not allowed to access state secrets at the moment
10.04.2017The Interior Ministry’s state secretary Ilze Petersone-Godmane is currently not authorized to access objects that are classified as state secrets, the Constitution Protection Bureau's spokeswoman Iveta Maura told LETA.
March brings inflation stabilization in Latvia
In line with forecasts, the fastest leap of consumer prices is behind us. In March, consumer prices increased by 3.4% year-on-year – the annual inflation hardly changed compared to February (when this indicator was at 3.3%). In the coming months, the year-on-year inflation will hover around the 3% mark. The most important risk facing the inflation forecast currently is the future dynamics of oil prices.
Latvia calls on Belarus to resolve issues impeding mutual trade
Latvia wants to expand exports of Latvian goods to Belarus therefore it calls on Belarus to resolve the issues which impede mutual trade, the State Secretary of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, Andrejs Pildegovics, said during the regular political consultations between the foreign ministries of both countries today in Riga, writes LETA.
“Knowing entrepreneurship”: challenges for the Baltics’ authorities 
