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Lithuanian president signs 2021 budget bill into law
29.12.2020Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda signed the 2021 budget bill with a deficit target of 7% of GDP into law on December 29th, cites LETA/BNS.
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Tartu to support students' solar car project
28.12.2020The Tartu city government has decided to financially support a team of Estonian students who are planning to take part in the renowned Bridgestone World Solar Challenge race of solar powered cars in Australia in 2021, informs LETA/BNS.
New Year Cards and Calendars of Rietumu Bank presented
28.12.2020As with every year, we at Rietumu Bank have created special 2021 holiday greeting cards and calendars for our clients.
In 2019, household disposable income in Latvia increased by 6.8%
22.12.2020Results of the survey conducted by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) in 2020 show that, compared to 2018, in 2019 household disposable income (1) increased by 6.8 %, reaching 583 euros per household member monthly.
The photo exhibition “Icons – an Exhibition about the Right to Exist” opened in Rietumu in Riga
22.12.2020The Swedish Ambassador to Latvia, Ms Karin Hőglund, recently hosted an online broadcast from the photo exhibition “Icons – an Exhibition about the Right to Exist”, which opened in early December in Rietumu Gallery.
EUR 170 mln Estonian-Latvian electricity connection to start work Jan. 1
The third Estonian-Latvian electricity connection has been completed and will commence operation on Jan. 1; the total cost of the new connection for the two countries is approximately 170 million euros, informs LETA/BNS.
20.7% Estonians lived at risk of poverty in 2019
According to Statistics Estonia, 2.3% of the population of Estonia lived in absolute poverty and 20.7% lived at risk of poverty in 2019. Compared to 2018, the share of people at risk of poverty fell by one percentage point. The share of people living in absolute poverty rose by 0.1 percentage point.
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