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Latvian government approves the allocation of 5.2 million for healthcare 27 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
Latvia's Cabinet of Ministers reviewed the report of the Healthcare Ministry regarding the need for additional funding for healthcare this year. The government decided to allocate an additional amount...
Ireland funds the return of 15 Latvians back to their homeland 27 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
15 Latvian citizens returned to their home country last year using the opportunity provided by the Irish government. The number of voluntary Latvian returnees has been reducing in recent years. Howeve...
Economists: average salaries to grow 4% in Latvia 27 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
The number of employed people in Latvia was 3.2% or 27 thousand higher in the first half of 2013 than it was one year ago. Even though the rate of creation of new jobs is gradually becoming slower, La...
Swedbank: lower labour taxes should be compensated by increasing other taxes 27 Aug 2013 | 05:32 pm
Latvia's economic growth remains rather good. It is expected to remain strong in the next couple of years as well. The current weakness of exports is temporary; it is not expected to have significant ...
August 27 in pictures 27 Aug 2013 | 05:32 pm
BNN offers you to take a look at topical, interesting and simply beautiful pictures of the day.
Construction costs up 1.6% in Latvia 27 Aug 2013 | 04:09 pm
The average level of construction costs in Latvia in July 2013 grew by 0.2%. Maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment rose by 0.7%; prices of building materials, as well as labour ...
Finance Ministry: LPG’s price will not grow more than 1.5 santim after excise tax increase 27 Aug 2013 | 03:17 pm
The increase of excise tax on Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will not cause its end price to grow more than 1.54 santim per litre, Finance Ministry reports.
Daily Joke: do him a favour 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
A dentist, after completing work on a patient, came to him begging...
Krajbanka administrator pays back 110 million to Deposit Guarantee Fund 27 Aug 2013 | 02:20 pm
KPMG Baltics has transferred LVL 10 million to the Deposit Guarantee Fund (DGF) as part of paying back creditors. A total of LVL 110 million were transferred to the fund in the past year.
Estonian growth currently slower than that of Latvia and Lithuania 27 Aug 2013 | 02:15 pm
Largest Danish bank and a player in Baltic banking markets Danske Bank estimates that the growth of Lithuanian and Latvian economies is expected around 3,5% in 2013.
