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Ups and downs in Latvia’s construction sector in 2014

January 3, 2015 Baltic News Network 0

Latvia’s construction sector had demonstrated significant growth at the beginning of 2014. As expected, but construction rates soon began to slow down, and so the total growth will likely be insignificant. […]

US study finds growing plagiarism among Latvian scholars

January 3, 2015 The Baltic Course 0

A study conducted in the United States reveals growing plagiarism among Latvian scholars, reports LETA, referring to TV3 News. […]

Lithuania expects Latvian EU presidency to focus on Eastern Partnership

January 1, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania expects the six-month Latvian presidency of the European Union (EU) Council, which is starting on Thursday, to focus on the Eastern Partnership program. […]

Lithuania expects economic and political stability in the euro zone

January 1, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s government hopes that the euro adopted on Thursday will guarantee economic and political security for Lithuania, while the neighboring countries see the accession as an achievement of the entire euro zone. […]

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma

Latvian PM congratulates Lithuania on euro zone membership

December 31, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) has congratulated Lithuania with its accession to the euro zone on 1 January 2015, the government’s press service informed LETA. […]

Latvian president does not comment if he will attend Victory Day celebration in Moscow

December 30, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Russia is already preparing for large-scale celebrations to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, and Latvian President Andris Bērziņš has been invited to the event as well. […]

Lithuanian defence minister: Russia’s military doctrine confuses causes and consequences

December 29, 2014 BNS 0

Russia is trying to justify its own aggression by mixing up the causes and consequences in its new military doctrine which names NATO as the key threat, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Monday. […]

2014 one of the worst years in Latvian-Russian relations – Russian ambassador

December 28, 2014 ELTA EN 0

2014 has been one of the most difficult and least successful years in the Latvian-Russian relations for the past twenty years, Russian Ambassador to Latvia Alexander Veshnyakov said during a meeting with several Latvian mass media. […]

Bank of Latvia president: Euro has contributed greatly to Latvia’s well-being

December 22, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The euro has done much good to Latvia during this time of uncertainty, the Bank of Latvia President Ilmars Rimsevics said in an interview with LETA. […]

Baltic states – among world’s hot spots of 2015?

December 22, 2014 DELFI EN 0

The news agency Bloomberg has included the Baltic states in the list of places in the world where geopolitical tensions could run high next year. […]

NATO Baltic air policing fighter-jets escort one Russian plane last week

December 22, 2014 BNS 0

Fighter-jets of the NATO air-policing mission guarding the Baltic skies were last week scrambled once to identify and escort an aircraft of the Russian Federation. […]

Estonia records EU’s steepest increase in labour costs

December 18, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

Average hourly labour costs in Latvia increased 5.4% in the third quarter of 2014, compared to the respective period in 2013 – the third steepest increase across the European Union, according to the latest data from the EU’s statistical office Eurostat, cites LETA. […]

Latvia’s one year in the euro zone: no upsurge of investment

December 18, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

January 1, 2014, will mark one year since Latvia replaced its national currency, the lats, with the euro. Looking back at this important event, one can conclude that hopes of the euro kickstarting a rapid increase of inflow of investments in Latvia and membership in the euro zone making Latvia more attractive have not come to pass. […]

Lithuania world’s 58th most militarized country

December 14, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The world’s most militarized country is Israel, according to the Global Militarization Index compiled by experts at the Bonn International Center for Conversion. […]

Lithuania to surpass Latvia next year as fastest growing eurozone economy

December 13, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

According to Ernst & Young’s (EY) annual Eurozone Economic Growth Forecast, Lithuania will surpass Latvia next year as the fastest growing eurozone economy, even though Latvia’s economic growth is expected to grow faster than this year. […]

Baltic and Polish defence ministers agree on joint anti-Russia response

December 12, 2014 BNS 0

The Baltic and Polish defence ministers held a meeting in Latvia and agreed on a joint response in deterring Russia, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Friday. […]

Over 600,000 Lithuanians live abroad

December 12, 2014 BNS 0

More than 619,000 Lithuanians live abroad, show statistical data published by the Lithuanian Statistics Department on Friday. One in five of the expatriates live in the United Kingdom. […]

Lithuanian PM promises to “step up efforts” in Visaginas NPP project

December 5, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told his Baltic counterparts in Tallinn on Friday that he would “step up” negotiations with the Japanese corporation Hitachi and partners in Latvia and Estonia on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Visaginas. […]

Latvian confectionery maker pays tribute to outgoing Lithuanian currency with special chocolate bars

December 5, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Ahead of Lithuania’s accession to the euro zone and transition to the euro, Latvian chocolate factory Laima has produced a new end-year souvenir – 80,000 units of a chocolate bar branded Dvidešimt Litų (Twenty Litas), this way honouring the outgoing national currency of Lithuania, marketing manager at NP Foods Maija Brukle said. […]

Latvia overrun by Kremlin-financed internet trolls

December 4, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

So-called trolls, who work to create an impression that many in the society are in Russia’s favour, work in Latvia’s information space, as noted by the Latvian Security Police. […]