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EC approved EUR 70.8 mln program for Latvia to support companies affected by the Covid-19 outbreak
17.12.2020The European Commission has approved EUR 70.8 million program for Latvia to support companies affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, LETA learned from the European Commission's representative in Latvia, Kristine Liepina.
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airBaltic sells its last Boeing 737 aircraft
17.12.2020Latvian airline airBaltic on December 17 made a delivery flight of its last remaining Boeing 737 aircraft to its new owners Estonia's Magnetic MRO, BC learned from the company.
All beauty salons in Latvia to be closed from Monday
17.12.2020All beauty salons in Latvia will be closed from December 21 to January 11, the government decided on Thursday, report LETA.
More restrictions in retail during state of emergency, range of allowed goods expanded
17.12.2020During the time period from December 19 until January 11, there will restrictions in trade of non-essential goods, while the range of allowed goods will be expanded, according to the amendments to the regulations on the state of emergency adopted by the government today, writes LETA/BNS.
Largest-ever Baltic startup report launched - investor optimism grows, despite pandemic and fall in funding in 2019
17.12.2020Startup Wise Guys together with EIT Digital have launched their 3rd annual Baltic Startup Scene report, the largest to-date. For the first time ever, Baltic startups saw a reduction in total funding in 2019. Despite this, survey insights along with funding data for 2020 reveal that investor and startup optimism is rebounding, with 2020 H1 significantly outperforming 2019 H1 in terms of funding, even with the onset of a pandemic-induced economic downturn.
In Q3, the number of job vacancies in Latvia fell by 28.7%
Data of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that at the end of the 3rd quarter of the year 2020, there were 20.8 thousand job vacancies in Latvia and, compared to the 3rd quarter of the year 2019, this number has decreased by 8.4 thousand or 28.7 %. There were 7.9 thousand job vacancies in the public sector, but 12.9 thousand in the private sector.
Estonia: Freight carried by rail down, freight transported via ports up on year in Jan-Sep
The freight volume of Estonian ports increased to 27.9 million tons in the first nine months of 2020, which is 2 percent more than last year, while the volume of freight carried by rail decreased to 11.5 mln tons at the same time, which is approximately 30% less than in the same period a year ago, reported LETA/BNS.
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