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Klaipeda port posts 0.7% increase in Jan-Oct cargo traffic
20.11.2020The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda handled 39.2 million tons of cargo in January through October 2020, a rise of 0.7% year-on-year, the port authority reported on Thursday citing non-final data, cites LETA/BNS.
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Maxima, Rimi, Elvi , top! and Citro suspend cooperation with Adugs company suspected of human trafficking in Latvia
20.11.2020Maxima Latvija, Rimi, Elvi Latvija, top! and Citro retailers have decided to suspend cooperation with Adugs confectionary company based on human trafficking suspicion, LETA learned from representatives of companies, reports LETA.
Madis Müller: The new wave of the pandemic will mean state support needs to be provided flexibly
20.11.2020Governor of Eesti Pank Madis Müller said in a presentation at a conference on accounting on Thursday that the second wave of the pandemic crisis will cause new uncertainty in the economy, which means that rather than increasing its fixed costs, the state should be flexible in the coming year and give most help to sectors that need it in the short term.
Estonia: Mailis Reps announces resignation from minister post
20.11.2020Center Party politician Mailis Reps, who this week found herself in the center of a scandal related to the use of ministry vehicles for the needs of her family, on Friday announced her resignation from the post of minister of education and research, reported LETA/BNS.
Lithuania's YZZY Biotech develops coronavirus diagnostic kits
20.11.2020YZZY Biotech, a biotechnology startup based in Lithuania's northern city of Panevezys, has developed molecular diagnostic kits for the detection of COVID-19, the Lrt.lt news website reported on November 20th, cites LETA/BNS.
In October, similar as at the beginning of the year, large drop in natural increase in Latvia
According to the data of Central Statistical Bureau, in October of this year there were 936 deaths more than births. In October 2020, number of registered births (1 375) was 11.9 % less than in the respective month of the previous year. Number of deaths comprised 2 311 and that is 0.9 % more than in October a year ago.
Eesti Energia seeking extension of deposit fee rate for oil shale ash
The Estonian state-owned energy group Eesti Energia proposed to the government to initiate an urgent procedure to extend the period that deposit fee for oil shale ash and waste rock stays at 1.31 euros per ton until the government has approved and enforced a long-term plan for the implementation of pollution charges, informs LETA/BNS.
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