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Covid-19 tests no longer available to arrivals at Latvian airports and ports
18.05.2020Covid-19 tests are no longer available to arriving passengers at Latvian airports and ports, Health Ministry spokeswoman Anna Strapcane informed LETA.
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Finnair to resume flights to dozens of destinations, including Baltic capitals
18.05.2020Finland's national airline Finnair will restart routes from Helsinki to several dozen destinations, including Baltic capitals, in July once countries begin to lift coronavirus restrictions on travel, the company announced on Monday, cites LETA/AFP.
No VAT reduction for hospitality industry in Latvia
18.05.2020The value added tax (VAT) rate on hospitality and food services will not be reduced for now in Latvia as KPV LV party has changed its position on this matter, reports LETA.
Latvia: Constitutional Court rules against Puce over municipal survey on territorial reform
18.05.2020The Constitutional Court has ruled Environmental Protection and Regional Development Minister Juris Puce’ (For Development/For) decree halting survey of local residents of Ikskile Region on the pending administrative territorial reform unconstitutional, the court’s representative Ketija Strazda informed LETA.
New Novatek LNG cargo arrives in Lithuania's Klaipeda
18.05.2020A new cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia's gas company Novatek arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on Monday, informed LETA/BNS.
Wizzair, Finnair and Belavia have shown interest in resuming flights from Riga
Hungarian low-costs carrier Wizzair, Finnish airline Finnair and Belarus' Belavia have shown interest in resuming flights from Riga, Laila Odina, CEO of Riga International Airport, told journalists Monday.
Lithuania's wholesale electricity prices fall 14% w-o-w as imports from Sweden grow
Lithuania's average wholesale electricity price fell by 14 percent last week compared with a week earlier to 24.5 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh), the power transmission system operator Litgrid said on Monday.