CSP: average wages in Latgale 36% below wages in Riga
In Q2 2021 the average monthly gross wages and salaries for full-time work comprised EUR 1 237. Compared to Q2 2020, the average…
Category: Business
BNN INTERVIEW | Harmony leader: it is hard to explain my opinion of PM’s take on transit without cursing
Transit is one of the sectors that brings Latvia profits, promotes international competitiveness and provides jobs to thousands of people, but our Prime…
Latvia’s GDP increases 11.1% in Q2 2021
In Q2 GDP at current prices was EUR 8.1 billion. As compared to the previous quarter, GDP went up by 4.4 % (according…
Estonian economy rebounded with 12.9% growth in Q2 year-on-year from crisis low
The Estonian economy has in the second quarter of 2021 grown by 12.9% compared to the change in its gross domestic product in…
Central Financing and Contracting Agency may cut EU financing to 12 projects involved in construction cartel activities
In the scandalous construction cartel case Latvia’s Central Financing and Contracting Agency (CFLA) may cut payments of EU financing to 12 projects, said…
Latvian municipality bans gambling in its territory
In central Latvia, the Ķekava Municipality has banned organising gambling in its territory set up in 2021, as part of the administrative and…
Pulp mill planners in Estonia willing to pay small municipality EUR 125 000 per year
In north-east Estonia, a small local government has been pledged EUR 125 000 per year so that a pulp mill would be built…
NVA: Covid-19 pandemic has not left lasting consequences for Latvia’s labour market
The Covid-19 pandemic has not left any lasting consequences for Latvia’s labour market so far, because the employees that had lost their jobs…
Riga vice-mayor: every day the hope of seeing hydrogen trolleybuses as viable transports is lost
The hydrogen-powered trolleybuses procured by Riga municipality’s public transport company SIA Rīgas satiksme have not lived up to their expectations, and every day…
