- No confidence in airport chief
Non-party Transport Minister Aivis Ronis expressed his distrust of the Chairman of Riga International Airport Arnis Luhse during a meeting of TM shareholders on October 12 Luhse was appointed to his post with the blessing of the Greens & Farmers.
- Latvia exports to 189 countries
Latvian companies exported goods to 189 countries of the world last year.
- Finns interested in building Rail Baltica
Finnish state railway company VR Group is interested in building the Rail Baltica railway line, writes Eesti Paevaleht.
- Government postpones decision on redistributing EU funds from failed train procurement
The Latvian government did not vote on redistributing the European Union’s funds from the failed train procurement for other purposes in the transport sector as previously expected.
- Autumn storms bring early payouts
The first autumn storm has caused 5,000 lats (7,000 euros) worth of damage in Latvia.
- Real Estate stability
A stable demand remained in the Riga apartment market in September, which, given the lack of quality offers, contributed to the increase of rent prices in several segments.
- Too little, still often unknown, but poised to show some muscle
Lithuanian private equity and venture capital is growing slowly but steadily, and has received major recognition from the European Investment fund recently, but, nevertheless, it is too small and often still too unknown to lure into the country major foreign venture capital investors, says Sarunas Siugzda, chairman of Lithuania’s Venture Capital Association, established in 2009.
- Poor public health services drive private clinics
“It is a good time for the private [health care services] sector, and the main reason is the problems with our government in building [in improved] public health care system,” says Silvija Lejniece, director of the Diplomatic Service Medical Center in Riga.
- Row between private and state health care sectors hampers medical tourism
Private healthcare facilities are vexed over different competitve conditions they and state clinics are facing, but the National Health Insurance Fund says that this is not true and works to convince that equal requirements are being applied to all healthcare service providers.
- Bio-tech Baltics bridge connections and bring first-ever Nobel Prize winner a step closer
Life Sciences Baltics 2012, held in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Sept. 12-14. According to the event’s organizers, it has become, in the last years, the biggest international life sciences forum in the Eastern and Central part of the EU, attracting nearly 700 participants and leading bio-tech science experts from all over the world.
- Boosting the R&D sector for economic growth
What can be more exciting than the joy of discovery?
- Secondary education costs nearing university education fees
The couple hundred litas many parents shoved into their children’s pockets before the new academic year to buy books and a knapsack may be just petty pocket money compared to the price tag of getting a better-than-average secondary school education.
- Knapsack on first-grader’s shoulders telltale sign of the parent’s wallet size
Moms and dads of first-graders may find that getting them ready for the start of school this year will be more expensive than if their child were a more senior student.
- Hotels ready for EU presidency gold rush, but no scraps left for those in the sticks
If New York and London hotel prices, at 233 and 217 euros on average, respectively, according to a trendy hotel booking site, are just too high for you, then it is high time to pack up for your trip to Vilnius which, according to the same survey, boasts hotel prices at the lower end, from 60 to 70 euros a night on average.
- Web design solutions: from templates to thousand-client orders
If you are more than friendly with the computer click, then you have to agree that a well-designed Web site is the key to success.
- Wedding bliss, but don’t look at the bill
If you were planning that one special day in your life, to which your grandma refers as the most memorable, perhaps the day of your wedding is meant to happen in the summer, the true wedding season.
- New flavors for made-in-Latvia ice-cream
Even for a cool summer that has yet to catch its spark, more and more people are strolling around with ice-cream in their hands.
- Domestic competition pushes Lithuanian ice cream producers to foreign markets
Say what flavor of ice cream you like, and some important things about your intimate life could be revealed, says a trendy eye-catching story in a romance story section on the Internet.
- Tourism sector surges as travelers’ habits change
With summer and the holiday season within reach, compatriots dust off their suitcases and browse the Web for an escape.
- More visitors, fewer tourists?
While strolling around the narrow streets of Old Riga on a sunny Friday afternoon, it was immediately noticeable that most establishments were only half full.