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Border guards uncover illegal channel for Tajiks into Lithuania
Lithuanian border guards have uncovered an illegal channel for Tajik nationals into Lithuania and have found that the alleged organizers and perpetrators of the trafficking of migrants also forged documents for arriving foreigners, the State Border Guard Service informed LETA.
During the Port Festival Rigans invited to reach the new cargo turnover record
Every day around 95,000 tons of cargo are transhipped at the port of Riga. This weekend, every visitor of the Port of Riga will be able to participate in the transhipment of cargo at the Freeport of Riga, thus inviting everyone to achieve together a new record for the volume of cargo ever transhipped in Riga. As is known, the Port of Riga is the largest port of Latvia and the second largest port in the Baltics, which tranships an average of 38 million tons of cargo per year, reported BC port’s press service.
EVR Cargo okays continuing with Russia freight car business
The supervisory board of the Estonian state-owned rail cargo operator EVR Cargo on August 17th approved the plan of expanding its freight car business in Russia and the company is planning to move forward with the business once the Estonian government has agreed to it, the daily Postimees writes, cites LETA/BNS.
Circle K and Neste top list of Latvia’s largest fuel retailers in H1
Traditional market leaders - Circle K Latvia (formerly Statoil Fuel & Retail Latvia) and Neste Latvija (Neste) - remained Latvia’s largest fuel retailers also in the first half of 2017, information from the excised goods administration of the State Revenue Service shows, cites LETA.
Rail Baltica joins Estonian declaration of intent on Digital Construction
The Rail Baltica project has joined the Estonian Declaration of Intent on Digital Construction, which means that Rail Baltica will seek to implement Building Information Modeling and Management (BIM) in all stages of the project life-cycle, informs LETA/BNS.
Latvian fuel sales rise 6.8% in H1
With 642,341 tons of oil products (fuel) sold in Latvia in the first half of 2017, fuel sales picked up 6.84% or 41,000 tons against the same period in 2016, reports LETA, according to the information from the Excise Goods Administration of the Latvian State Revenue Service.
Under existing law SRS cannot conclude agreement on using mediation in dispute with ss.lv
The existing laws do not allow the State Revenue Service to conclude an agreement on using mediation to resolve its dispute with SIA Internet, which operates Latvia’s largest classified advertisements website ss.lv, or with any other taxpayer, LETA was told at the Revenue Service’s PR department.
Lithuanian PM: exporting oil products via Russia dangerous for Belarus
If Moscow forced Minsk to export its oil products via Russian railways and ports, that would be economically unviable and dangerous for Belarus, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on August 17th, cites LETA/BNS.
Latvian gasoline and diesel fuel imports drop in H1
During the first half of 2017, Latvian gasoline imports dropped 9.5% from the first six months of 2016, while diesel fuel imports declined 2.7% year-on-year, the Central Statistical Bureau reported LETA.
Latvian Police bust organized group illegally selling luxury cars
The Financial Police of the State Revenue Service in August 2017 busted an organized group that had been illegally selling luxury automobiles and household equipment, avoiding to pay more than EUR 2.8 million in value added tax (VAT), LETA was told at the Revenue Service.
Muuga suitable for Rail Baltica multimodal cargo terminal
Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Kadri Simson on August 16th visited the port of Muuga where she inspected the port's infrastructure and said that the port is a suitable location for the multimodal cargo terminal, which is to be one end of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway route, informs LETA/BNS.
airBaltic flies 20% more passengers in January-July
Latvian national carrier airBaltic flew 1,958,774 passengers in the first seven months of 2017, which was a 20% increase against the respective period in 2016, LETA was told at the company.
Coop's e-store to create own food delivery service in Estonia
While the Estonian state-owned logistics company Eesti Post AS operating under the Omniva brand on August 16th announced that it will stop offering food delivery services to retail chains, the e-store of the Estonian retailer Coop is to create its own delivery service starting from September 2017, informs LETA/BNS.
Latvian Railroad not to pay dividends from 2016 profit
Latvian state-owned Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railroad) railway company will not pay dividends into the state budget from the profit of 2016, but will spend its profit on infrastructure investment projects, the government decided on August 16th, cites LETA.
Saab signs contract with Estonian defense forces for delivery of training equipment
Defense and security company Saab has signed a contract with the Estonian defense forces to deliver BT46 training systems to the defense forces and hand them over in 2018, writes LETA/BNS.
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