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Thursday, 17.01.2019, 15:24
In January, annual inflation in Estonia made 3.5%
07.02.2018According to Statistics Estonia, in January 2018, the change of the consumer price index was 0.4% compared to December 2017 and 3.5% compared to January 2017.
Keyword tags: Analytics, Inflation, Latvia, Markets and Companies
What’s good for Russian gas is good for America
07.02.2018Washington's opposition to a gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany has never made sense, writes foreignpolicy.com. The Donald Trump administration has emphasized its separation from its predecessors in energy policy, but at least one aspect has been entirely continuous: its ardent opposition to the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.
Insolvency claim against Latvia's Tosmares Kugubuvetava to be withdrawn
07.02.2018The Latvian shipyard Tosmares Kugubuvetava has reached an agreement with KHL-Company about payment of its debt and the latter will withdraw the insolvency claim it had filed against the shipyard, informs LETA.
Estonia falls to 7th place on Heritage, WSJ economic freedom index
07.02.2018Estonia has fallen from last year's sixth place to seventh on the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal (WSJ) 2018 index of economic freedom. Of Estonia's Baltic neighbors, Lithuania fell from 16th to 19th and Latvia from 20th to 28th place, informs LETA/BNS.
Estonia opens office in South Korea for issuing digital IDs to e-residents
07.02.2018Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and representatives of the Police and Border Guard Board on Wednesday ceremonially opened an office in South Korea's capital Seoul for issuing digital IDs to e-residents, informs LETA/BNS.
4 in 10 heads of state, municipal firms in Lithuania linked with parties in 2017
Four in ten heads of state and municipal companies were in 2017 linked with political parties, in most cases – the Social Democrats, the Liberals and the conservatives, shows an analysis conducted by the Lithuanian office of Transparency International, cites LETA/BNS.
Lithuanian furniture firms generate over EUR 1 bln from Ikea in 2017
Lithuanian companies manufacturing furniture and interior items for Sweden's furniture group Ikea in 2017 moved up to the 4th place on the list of largest suppliers, passing Swedish manufacturers, informs LETA/BNS.
2019 –Another year of consumption changes: Danish example 
