Press-releases

Werner Bürki of SWX Swiss Exchange has been elected chairman of STOXX Limited

STOXX Limited, the leading European index provider, today announced that Werner Bürki, a member of the management committee of the SWX Swiss Exchange and CEO of EXFEED Ltd., has been elected chairman of the supervisory board of STOXX Limited, reports BC.

Keyword tags: Financial Services, Markets and Companies, Press-releases

Highly educated women with Latvian citizenship dominate Latvia’s civil society

Highly educated women with Latvian citizenship and activist role models make up the majority of Latvia’s civil society core activists today. These women know how to organize civil society activism, understand the political situation in the country and received positive support when they became active in a non-communist organization for the first time. These are the most significant results of a thesis by Tove Lindén at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University, reports BC.

Keyword tags: Analysis, Education and Science, Latvia, Press-releases, Society

Arrow on target for shippers in Russia and the CIS

Advance International is increasing its involvement in the provision of intermodal railfreight services, which commenced a few years ago when it established the Advantage Express Service to offer an intermodal rail operation between Almaty in Kazakhstan and the Georgian port of Poti.

Keyword tags: Baltics – CIS, EU – Baltics, Press-releases, Railways, Transport

Majority of BIG’s loan turnover in 2007 came from foreign markets

For the first time in 2007 Balti Investeeringute Grupi Pank AS (BIG), the parent company of Latvian consumer loans provider AS Baltijas Izaugsmes Grupa, loan turnover outside Estonia exceeded turnover in Estonia; at the same time, group’s loan portfolio grew more than 2 times.

Keyword tags: Baltics, Financial Services, Press-releases

British Chamber of Commerce hosts seminar "Beyond the boom: What does a global downturn mean for Latvia?"

Keyword tags: Latvia, Press-releases

SOK Chief Executive Arto Hiltunen: The S group improves its consumer goods offerings

Over the next few years, the S Group will improve its consumer goods offerings. Arto Hiltunen, SOK’s Chief Executive, says that the Group’s shared goal is to achieve clear cut growth in sales of consumer goods by 2015.

Keyword tags: Logistics, Press-releases

NIB allocates EUR 1.5 billion for new environmental lending facilities

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is set to provide EUR 1.5 billion in loans for cutting hazardous emissions in the Baltic Sea and mitigating climate changes.

Keyword tags: Financial Services, Press-releases