Latvia’s GDP up 4.8% in third quarter of 2021
In Q3 2021, compared to Q3 2020, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.8 %, according to seasonally and calendar non-adjusted data. According…
Category: Business
BNN ANALYSES | Workforce depletion grips Lithuania, while job available to every second jobseeker
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Hiring has perhaps never been harder for Lithuanian employers as it is now. Raising wages isn’t enough to…
FKTK invites Latvijas Krājbanka depositors to apply for guaranteed compensation
Latvian Finance and Capital Market Commission (FKTK) invites depositors of the liquidated Latvijas Krājbanka who were not 18 years old in June 2014…
Sweden closes Swedbank probe over alleged breach of market abuse rules
In Sweden, the country’s financial market watchdog has closed an investigation of possible violations of EU market abuse rules in Swedbank, a dominating…
OECD: Latvia has accomplished progress in the fight against bribery of foreign officials
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Working Group on Bribery (WGB) outlines significant progress accomplished by Latvia when it comes to…
Estonia’s new, stricter Covid rules to be in force until January 10
The Estonian government has adopted new restrictions to curb the surge in Covid-19 infections, which will enter into force in the two coming…
Benefit recipients will be paid wage subsidies only for vaccinated employees
EUR 152 million will be available from Latvia’s state budget to support businesses and provide wage subsidies, according to the information submitted to…
Shops in Lithuania discuss possible restrictions on businesses not checking certificates
With Lithuania being a leader of daily coronavirus infections in the Baltics and hospitals increasingly being under pressure of Covid-19 patients, trade business…
Latvian Railway loses monopoly status on Latvian-Lithuanian border
Baltic Express has signed a contract with Latvian state company Lithuanian Railway (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) freight company LTG Cargo. From now on Baltic Express…
