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Wednesday, 12.12.2018, 09:47
Balta non-life insurer pays out over EUR 1 million for stolen cars in ten months
21.11.2018Latvia’s Balta non-life insurer, which is a member of PZU Group, paid out more than EUR 1 million in compensations for stolen cars in the first ten months of 2018, LETA was told at the company.
Keyword tags: Car market, Crime, Financial Services, Insurance, Latvia
Contraband cigarettes worth EUR 2 mln busted on Lithuanian-Polish border
20.11.2018A shipment of contraband cigarettes, worth around 2 million euros, has been detained by Lithuanian customs officers on the Polish border, reported LETA/BNS.
Estonian court places suspected Lithuanian car thief under arrest
16.11.2018At the request of the prosecutor's office, a court in Tartu on Thursday approved custody for a 22-year-old Lithuanian man as suspect in the theft of five cars, reported LETA/BNS.
Court orders Lielvarde ex-mayor to pay 600,000 euros in case of multi-million promissory note
13.11.2018The Zemgale district court in Ogre has granted the prosecutor general’s request and declared a 200 mln euros promissory note signed by former Lielvarde mayor Janis Abolins invalid but ordered Abolins to pay 602,223 euros in state fees, informs LETA referring to the prosecutor’s office and court.
Latvia has the largest share of illegal cigarettes on the market in EU
09.11.2018Smuggled cigarettes currently account for 16.5% of Lithuania's tobacco market, according to the latest empty pack survey by Nielsen.This is down from 19.6% last year, reported LETA/BNS.
Corruption Prevention Bureau seeks criminal prosecution against Jurmala Mayor Truksnis, businessman Krumins
The Latvian Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office bring criminal charges against Jurmala Mayor Gatis Truksnis and businessman Julijs Krumins for illegal financing of the Union of Greens and Farmers on a large scale, informs LETA.
Criminal charges laid against activist of Congress of Non-Citizens in Latvia
Prosecution has laid criminal charges against Jurijs Aleksejevs, an activist of the Congress of Non-Citizens, a nongovernmental group representing Latvia’s non-citizens, informs LETA.
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