Wed, 30 May 2012: Latvia makes cabbage protest…
May 30, 2012 Latvia
The Baltic State of two million is demanding a minimum level of direct payments at 80 percent of the EU average as of 2014. Ansis Bogustovs, a television journalist who came up with the idea of th...Tags: Ansis, Armed Guards, Baltic State, Brussels, Cabbage, Cabinet Office, Decade, Direct Payments, Equal Treatment, European Summit, European Union, Farmers, Latvia, Legume, Naked Run, Protest, Television Journalist, Two Million, Vegetables
Wed, 29 Jun 2011: Business Analysis: Cleaning the Augean Stables?…
Jun 29, 2011 Baltics
Exports were leading the recovery, unemployment was falling, salaries growing and there seemed to be a feeling that the worst was over. Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis published his book on ho...Tags: Augean Stables, Baltics, Business Analysis, Business Deals, Businessman, Decade, European Leaders, Governments, International Acclaim, Latvia, Portuguese, Prime Minister, Salaries, Tiger, Tiger Economies, Tough Times, Unemployment, Valdis
Wed, 4 Mar 2009: Advertising decline could hurt journalism…
Mar 4, 2009 Baltics
He based this on data from the 1998 Russian financial crisis that hammered the economies of the Baltic states. The top 10 advertisers today are mostly the same ones as a decade ago. Juodpusis pr...Tags: Advertising, Baltic States, Correspondence, Decade, Decline, Gdp, Journalism, Point Of View, Ru, Russian Financial Crisis, Television, Top 10 Advertisers
Thu, 22 May 2008: Agency says Lithuania will have soft landing…
May 22, 2008 Lithuania
Under Lithuania's soft-landing scenario, the growth of gross domestic product should slow down to 3.7 percent this year and reach some 3 percent in both 2009 and 2010, according to Standard & Poo...Tags: Competitiveness, Decade, Domestic Consumption, Economy, Financial Resources, Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Key Role, Lithuania, Spheres, Upward Trajectory
Wed, 26 Mar 2008: Former Latvian PM: peat is best energy alternative…
Mar 26, 2008 Latvia
"Would not a couple of peat-fueled electric power plants ensure our energy independence for a long time?" Skele's comments came just two weeks after the government approved a plan to build two new...Tags: Atomic Power Plant, Best Energy, Coal, Decade, Electric Power Plants, Energy Independence, Face, Ignalina, Kilowatt, Latvia, Lithuania, Long Time, Megawatts, Natural Gas, New Power Generation, New Reactor, Nuclear Power Plant, Peat, Power Generation Plants, Scary Prospect
Wed, 27 Feb 2008: Ansip: time to freeze public sector salaries for sake of euro…
Feb 27, 2008 Baltics
1, 2011," he added. The prime minister was quick to add that salaries could still be increased but only in cases when savings appear as a result of worker productivity and effectiveness. Annual ...Tags: Ansip, Decade, Economists, Euro 1, February Day, Inflation, Mp, Prime Minister, Public Sector Salaries, Res Publica, Right Wing, Sake, Wage Freeze, Worker Productivity
Wed, 12 Sep 2007: Lithuanian inflation hits 5.5 percent…
Sep 12, 2007 Lithuania
Gas and electricity prices surged 11.4 percent over the year and food prices 10.5 percent, the statistics agency said. The 5.5 percent figure represents the highest level of inflation in nearly a...Tags: Baltic States, Consumer Price Index, Current Account Deficit, Decade, Economy In Lithuania, Electricity Prices, Food Prices, Food Statistics, Gas And Electricity, Inflation, Latvia, Statistics Agency, Urgent Government Action
Thu, 7 Sep 2006: Economists: Wages in Latvia to continue rising indefinitely…
Sep 7, 2006 Latvia
Karnite said that wage growth for less qualified workers would not slow down due to the labor deficit. "If people keep leaving the country, wages will have to be raised or labor imported," she s...Tags: Average Wages, Decade, Economists, Inflation, Laborers, Latvia, Salary, Second Half
Thu, 28 Aug 2003: U.S. leaving euro zone in dust…
Aug 28, 2003 Baltics
22 byMerrill Lynch.And the Japanese economy, undermined by its financial sector and in thedoldrums for more than a decade, also seems to be waking up.A key barometer of economic activity in Japan ...Tags: Barometer, Core Services, Decade, Economic Activity, Euro Zone, Financial Sector, France, Japan, Japanese Economy, Japanese Ministry, Monitors, Rose, State Ministry, United States
Thu, 14 Aug 2003: Baltic oil projects to proceed…
Aug 14, 2003 Baltics
Oljeprospektering AB, a unit of Svensk Petroleum, has won permission to launch test-drilling first in Latvian and then in Swedish waters, according to reports. It will be the first Baltic Sea oil ...Tags: 1990s, Arunas, Baltic Sea, Decade, Ecosystem, Fishing, Green Peace, Greenpeace, Maritime Traffic, Oil Exploration, Oil Projects, Oil Tankers, Petroleum, Protest, Risk, Sea Oil, Sweden, Swedish Kronor, Swedish Waters, Test Drilling
Thu, 19 Jun 2003: East European pension reforms…
Jun 19, 2003 Baltics
In some sectors favored by the state regimes, workers retired even younger.The first wave of pension reforms came in the mid-1990s. A second wave is now in preparation in countries like the Czech ...Tags: Cautious Approach, Central Europe, Czech Republic, Decade, First Wave, Hungary, Men And Women, Mid 1990s, Pension Reforms, Pensions, Regimes, Retirement Age, Second Wave, Sectors, Slovakia
Thu, 23 Jul 1998: Report reveals a healthy economy…
Jul 23, 1998 Baltics
The state debt per GDP decreased to 12.2 percent. Beginning in 1996, growth is noticeable in almost all sectors of the economy. The GDP increased by 6.5 percent in 1997. Foreign investors see Latv...Tags: Attractive Country, Capita, Daugavpils, Decade, Finance, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Investors, Foreign Money, Gdp, Lats, Liepaja, Sectors Of The Economy, Share Capital, State Debt, Ventspils