Wed, 25 Apr 2012: Estonian Air tests new strategy…
Apr 24, 2012 Estonia
“Great contribution to the development of the airline was given by Estonian customers. We have not done large or expensive campaigns to grow our passenger numbers; however, we have increased...Tags: Air Fares, Air Tests, Air Ticket Fares, Airline, Campaigns, Estonian Air, Estonian Customers, Flight Frequencies, Fuel Prices, New Strategy, Passenger Numbers, Scandinavian Cities, Ticket Prices, Transit Passengers
Wed, 6 Apr 2011: High fuel prices threaten economy…
Apr 6, 2011 Baltics
“Excise and value-added taxes are being increased constantly, but we would like to also see activity to ensure that consumers have more money,” he explains. The government on March 2...Tags: Additional Income, Alcohol, Amendments, Budget, Cigarettes, Consumers, Excise Duty, Excise Tax, Fuel Economy, Fuel Prices, Gasoline, Income Measures, July 1, Lats, Liters, Money, Tax Rate, Value Added Taxes
Wed, 5 Aug 2009: Drastic cuts made in airport expansion forecast…
Aug 5, 2009 Baltics
This additional capital would allow airBaltic to "solidify its position as one of the leading airlines in central Europe," he says. Gerhards adds that the state carrier operated last year at a l...Tags: Airbaltic, Airline, Airlines Europe, Airport Expansion, Central Europe, Drastic Cuts, Expansion Capital, Expansion Plan, Fuel Prices, Fuel Supply, Leading Airlines, Prime Minister, Route Expansion, Route Plan, State Carrier, Supply Contracts, Valdis, Wed 5
Wed, 7 Jan 2009: Ailing FlyLAL shedding routes …
Jan 7, 2009 Baltics
The company asked the government to bail it out in December last year for a symbolic price of 1 litas, similar to the example of Parex bank in Latvia. Kaikaris said they had more passengers than e...Tags: Airbaltic, Airline, Fleet, Fuel Prices, Litas, Lithuanian Market, Market Share, Mistake, Planes, Profits, Symbolic Price, Woes
Wed, 10 Dec 2008: Consumer prices to tumble …
Dec 10, 2008 Baltics
November's 0.3 percent decline in CPI included a noteworthy reduction in fuel prices, which dropped 10.3 percent on month 's a clear sign the impacts of recession are affecting the Estonian publ...Tags: Baltic News Service, Cpi, Deceleration, Decline, Fuel Prices, Impacts Of Recession, Inflation Rate, Lauri, Maris, Nordea, Spending Habits
Wed, 26 Nov 2008: Food and fuel prices to plummet …
Nov 26, 2008 Baltics
The price per liter for gasoline in Latvia was approximately .59 lat (.83 euro) for 95 octane at "Neste Latvija," "Viada" and "Lukoil" filling stations around the country. Food prices, most notab...Tags: Agriculturalist, Country Food, Dairy Products, Domestic Economy, Factors Influence, Fodder, Food And Fuel, Food Prices, Fuel Prices, Gasoline, Global Economics, Industry Experts, Liter, Lukoil, Marketing Council, Milk, Octane, Oil Grain, Uncertainty, Viada
Wed, 6 Aug 2008: Fitch: No euro for Latvia until 2014 …
Aug 6, 2008 Latvia
Ilmars Rimsevics, head of the Latvian National Bank, has previously said that it is possible the country could change over to the euro by 2012, but that 2013 was a more realistic date. Fitch's ass...Tags: Average Inflation Rate, Currency, Digit, Euro, Fuel Prices, Latvia, National Bank, Public Transport, Report Said That, Tobacco, Transport Fees
Wed, 9 Jul 2008: Report raises hopes of inflation turnaround…
Jul 9, 2008 Baltics
The seasonal factor played in the opposite direction as well, and discounts led to price declines on clothes and footwear," said Zigurds Vaikulis, head of the market-analysis department at Parex A...Tags: Asset Management, Clothes, Economist, Footwear, Fuel Prices, Inflation, Latvia, Macroeconomic Outlook, Oil Prices, Price Declines, Seasonal Factor, Seb, Second Half, Turnaround
Thu, 3 Jul 2008: Lithuanian truckers take up French tactics…
Jul 3, 2008 Lithuania
Protests against rapidly increasing fuel prices have reverberated around Western Europe in recent weeks, particularly in Spain and France. It was also reported that Lithuanian truckers were pl...Tags: Baltic Times, Base Oil, Decline, Diesel, Economy Ministry, Fuel Prices, Levers, Lithuanian, Oil Price, Proposals, Protest, Protests, Spain, Truckers, Trucks, Undersecretary, Vilnius, Western Europe
Wed, 11 Jun 2008: Inflation climbs in all three countries…
Jun 11, 2008 Baltics
In Lithuania, annual inflation hit 12 percent, up from 11.7 percent in April. Fuel prices alone jumped 3 percent over the month of May. Lithuania now has the third highest inflation in the 27-m...Tags: April, Bulgaria, Consumer Prices, Countries, Dark Cloud, Economic Outlook, Estonia, Fuel Prices, Inflation, Lithuania, Oil Prices, Pace, Pank, Rapid Increase, Slowdown
Wed, 19 Dec 2007: Gas prices set to soar…
Dec 19, 2007 Baltics
"One of the price mechanisms in the future will be the price of fuel oil, as well as fuel prices in the European fuel market as it is in other European countries," said Makaris. This means that, ...Tags: Cubic Meters, European Countries, Fuel Market, Fuel Oil, Fuel Price, Fuel Prices, Gas Consumers, Gas Prices, Gas Tariffs, Latvia, Oil Prices, Price Mechanisms, Soar
Wed, 28 Mar 2007: Latvian fuel market dominated by oligopoly: report…
Mar 28, 2007 Latvia
In recent years the Competition Council has dogged fuel retailers, particularly after the sharp rise in prices at the pump two years ago. Government ministers have repeatedly turned to the counci...Tags: Competition Council, Decisions, Fuel Market, Fuel Prices, Fuel Retailers, Government Ministers, Latvians, Lukoil, Market Leaders, Neste, Price Gouging, Statoil, Transparent, Watchdog
Wed, 14 Feb 2007: Grybauskaite against diesel excise hike…
Feb 14, 2007 Baltics
A European Commission report found that large gasoline tanks allow truckers to fill up where diesel is cheapest and avoid buying fuel in more expensive countries. Germany, for instance, lost som...Tags: Commis, Czech Republic, Decision Making Process, Diesel Prices, European Commission, European Commission Report, Fuel Prices, Gasoline Tanks, Germany, Poland, Proposal, Truckers
Wed, 12 Apr 2006: Latvia still hexed by prices…
Apr 12, 2006 Latvia
In Lithuania consumer prices were up 0.2 percent month-on-month as a result of growing prices for food and beverages as well as medical products and services, while prices in Estonia last month w...Tags: Estonia, Food And Beverages, Fruit Prices, Fuel Prices, Latvia, Lithuania, Medical Products, Utility Charges
Wed, 15 Feb 2006: Latvian inflation shows no sign of abating…
Feb 15, 2006 Latvia
Heating rose 3.4 percent in January, natural gas 19.1 percent and water 3 percent. New tariffs pushed up postal services by 48.2 percent as well. The statistics bureau noted that consumer price gr...Tags: Aigars Kalvitis, Cutting, Driving Force, Food And Fuel, Fuel Prices, Inflation, January 2005, Natural Gas, One Time, Postal Services, Prime Minister, Rose, Statistics Bureau, Tariff Hike, Tariffs, Time Factors, Tools
Wed, 14 Dec 2005: Latvian inflation going strong, GDP growth hits double-digits…
Dec 14, 2005 Latvia
The statistics office said that growing prices for bread, fruit and heating energy, as well as falling fuel prices, had the greatest impact on consumer price changes in November. Inflation continu...Tags: Aigars Kalvitis, Baltic News Service, Bread Fruit, Businessmen, Double Digits, Drift, Economic Advisor, Energy Prices, Eu Member States, Fuel Prices, Gdp, Gdp Growth, Gdp Statistics, Heating Energy, Inflation, Many Government Officials, Price Changes, Slowdown, Statistics Office, Surcharges
Wed, 27 Apr 2005: Gas prices spark price-fixing debate…
Apr 27, 2005 Baltics
Neste Latvija retail manager Zigismunds Niedra was quoted by the Baltic News Service as saying that "Friday brought to the fuel retail market changes that required immediate response to keep price...Tags: Baiba, Baltic News Service, Ceo, Debate, Final Straw, Fuel Prices, Gas Price, Gas Prices, Latvia, Liter, Market Changes, Marketing, Ploy, Retail Manager, Retail Market, Statoil
Sat, 21 Jun 2003: Producer, consumer prices down…
Jun 21, 2003 Baltics
Excluding oil products, overall producer prices slid by 3.7 percent in year-on-year terms and registered a 0.7 percent decline month-on-month. Overall producer prices on the domestic market fell b...Tags: April, Consumer Goods, Consumer Prices, Cpi, Decline, Export Prices, Foodstuff, Fuel Prices, Lithuania, Oil Prices, Oil Products, Producer Prices, Sat, Statistics Department
Thu, 16 Jan 2003: Record low inflation for Latvia…
Jan 16, 2003 Latvia
"Latvian prices have increasingly become synchronized with the EU's price level, and through imports prices have also fallen here." The Latvian consumer price index in 2002 nudged up 1.4 percent, ...Tags: Alcohol, Car Prices, Catering Services, Communication, Consumer Price Index, Food Prices, Fuel Prices, Health Care Services, Household Maintenance, Inflation, Latvia, Medicines, Tobacco
Thu, 17 Sep 1998: Estonia to hike excise tax on cars…
Sep 17, 1998 Estonia
When the new excise tax comes into effect, the tax on that same car will be 33,000 kroons.Many of the parties say the tax hike is unneccesary because its purpose is not clear. Tallinn already has ...Tags: Car Companies, Cars New, Consumption, Estonia, Excise Tax, Fuel Prices, Kroons, Leasing Cars, Liter, Petrol Costs, Selling Cars, Tallinn, Tax Hike, Turnovers