Increasing salaries – a priority for the Ministry of the Interior
For the next three years wage increase, fire–fighting vehicles purchase and strengthening the capacity of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs are…
Category: Business
Latvian minister: there is gas in Inčukalns and we’re ready for the heating season
Inčukalns underground gas storage facility already has enough natural gas to cover Latvia’s needs during the next heating season, Latvian Minister of Economics…
Riga International Airport reports nearly three million passengers serviced this year
In the first seven months of 2022 Riga International Airport serviced at total of 2.8 million passengers, which is 302% more when compared…
Latvian State Revenue Service allows for extending tax payment terms to five years
As of Monday, 1 August, honest taxpayers who face financial difficulties for reasons outside their control have the option to request from the…
Latvia legally adopts a new form of leave of absence
Monday, 1 August, amendments to the Labour Law came to force, introducing a new form of leave of absence – caregiver’s leave. As…
Latvia goes back to buying Russian gas; authorities take notice
Latvian state company Latvijas gāze has started purchasing gas from Russia, as reported by LTV. The head of he company Aigars Kalvītis admits…
Retail trade turnover in Latvia down 0.7%
Compared to June 2021, total retail trade turnover reduced by 0.7% in June 2022. Turnover of retail trade in food products grew by…
Majority of Ukrainian refugees in Latvia employed in the industrial sector
Since January 2022 a total of 34.7 thousand Ukrainian citizens have arrived and registered their residence in Latvia. The majority of them –…
KNAB to investigate possible bribe offer to the chief of FID
Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has taken notice of the claims made by the ex-chief of Office for Prevention of Laundering…
