Bank of Latvia downgrades GDP growth outlook to 1.8% for 2022
The Bank of Latvia has downgraded Latvia’s GDP growth outlook for 2022 from the previous 4.2% to 1.8%, as mentioned by the head…
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Latvian minister invites annulling Ventspils ex-mayor’s honorary status in LU
Latvian Minister of Education and Science Anita Muižniece has sent an invitation to the University of Latvia to annul ex-mayor of Ventspils Aivars…
Latvia lifts Covid-19 certificate or test requirement for foreign entrants
From 1 April 2022 onward the requirement for foreigners and other entrants to Latvia to present a valid Covid-19 vaccination or recovery certificate…
Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant to terminate 240 employees
On Monday, 28 March, JSC Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant (DLRR) and its subsidiaries LLC LokRem, LLC DL Metal and LLC Logkom sent a…
CSP: Latvia sees slight increase of youngsters in vocational education
Photo: Paula Čurkste/LETA In the school year 2021/2022 vocational basic and vocational secondary education enrolments accounted for 28 thousand, which is by 256…
Labour costs in Latvia and the average in European Union
Photo: Unsplash Last year the average hourly labour costs in Latvia were EUR 11.1, which is significantly below the average levels in the…
At least four enterprises interested in Liquefied Gas Terminal project in Latvia
Photo: Mārtiņš Plūme/LETA At least four developers have expressed an interest in the liquefied gas terminal project in Latvia, as reported by LTV…
Ušakovs: no festivities on 9 May; the fallen should be commemorated at cemeteries
In a time when Russia attacks Ukraine, no celebration of Victory Day on 9 May is possible, the people who died in WWII…
President: crimes of Communism were never internationally tried and this resurrected totalitarianism in Russia
The crimes committed by Communism were never internationally tried by Europe or the former Soviet Union the same way as the crimes committed…
