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Actual unemployment rate in Latvia at 7.9%
18.12.2020Data of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that in November 2020 the actual unemployment rate comprised 7.9%, which is 0.2 percentage points more than in October, writes LETA.
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In Q3, the number of job vacancies in Latvia fell by 28.7%
17.12.2020Data 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.
Coherent Solutions expands into Lithuania
10.12.2020Coherent Solutions, a US-registered software development company with Belarussian roots, has announced plans to set up a full-scale software development center in Vilnius and to hire at least 100 specialists over the next three years, Invest Lithuania said on December 10th, cites LETA/BNS.
Transferwise to hire 165 new employees in Estonia
09.12.2020Transferwise, the international money transfer service founded by Estonian entrepreneurs, is to create 750 new jobs over the next six months, more than 150 of which will be located in Tallinn, informs LETA/BNS.
Unemployment level in Latvia remains at 7.4% at end-November
09.12.2020The registered unemployment rate in Latvia was 7.4% of the economically active population at the end of November, which is the same as at end-October, the State Employment Agency announced on December 9th, cites LETA.
Milrem Robotics to hire some 50 new staff in 2021
The Estonian developer of robotics and autonomous systems Milrem Robotics, which is active also elsewhere in Europe, is expanding and hiring a number of senior level engineers, as well as establishing competence centers in Europe, informs LETA/BNS.