Wed, 25 May 2011: Debt crisis threatens recovery…
May 25, 2011 Baltics
The eurozone remains marred by a debt crisis, which may stall regional growth and pose a threat to local banks. “Better growth prospects are associated with stronger inflationary pressures ...Tags: Bailout, Banks, Commodity Prices, Contagion, Debt Crisis, Debt Problems, Debt Recovery, Euro Zone, Europe, Eurozone, Fallout, Global Commodity, Greece, Growth Prospects, Inflationary Pressures, Ireland, Portugal, Regional Growth, Rsquo, Sovereign Debt
Thu, 13 Jan 2011: Growth prospects good for Eastern Europe…
Jan 13, 2011 Baltics
“Emerging markets have solid growth stories and are not directly weighed down by peripheral issues,” the expert pointed out. Europe’s developing nations will grow 3.1 percent t...Tags: Austerity Measures, Bondholders, Contracts, Credit Default Swaps, Developing Nations, Eastern Europe, Economists, Emerging Markets, Greece, Growth Prospects, International Monetary Fund, Investors, Ireland, Peripheral Issues, Portugal, Romania, Rsquo, Spain, Three Months, Ukraine
Wed, 10 Feb 2010: The week’s top news in world financial markets from Maximus Capital…
Feb 10, 2010 Baltics
That was four years after the Bretton Woods agreement, set up in 1944 to link currencies to the price of gold, collapsed. The U.K. pound has dropped 34 percent and the Canadian dollar has fallen 6...Tags: Barclays, Barclays Capital, Bloomberg, Bretton Woods Agreement, Canadian Dollar, Currencies, Emerging Markets, Euro Bank, Euro Zone, Financial Markets, Greece, Japan Economy, Morgan Stanley, Portugal, Price Of Gold, Rsquo, Spain, Time Europe, Top News, Valuations
Wed, 4 Apr 2007: Bank of Latvia chief launches PR campaign…
Apr 4, 2007 Latvia
"Rating agencies, seeing that the plan is being implemented accurately, might give a positive outlook to Latvia in the future," said Rimsevics. The government's plan includes balancing the budg...Tags: Asian Economies, Budget, Contagion, Current Account Deficit, Economy, Japan, Latvia, Oth, Path, Portugal, Positive Outlook, Pr Agencies, Pr Campaign, Real Estate, Tension
Wed, 28 Mar 2007: Brussels chides Lithuania, Estonia for breaches of telecom rules…
Mar 28, 2007 Lithuania
The commission also filed suits for the same offense against Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Slovakia. According to the Baltic News Service, in December the Lithuanian government approved ...Tags: Amendments, Baltic News Service, Breaches, Brussels, Communication Law, Communications Ministry, Economic Affairs, Edgar, Electronic Communication, Emergency Number, Italy, Lithuania, Lithuanian Government, Mobile Operators, Netherlands, Portugal, Reding, Slovakia, Suits, Telecom Rules
Wed, 13 Dec 2006: Lithuania’s poverty level drops …
Dec 13, 2006 Lithuania
But as Semeta explained, the country's system of social security kept the numbers down. "After deducting social benefits from income, the relative poverty line in Lithuania jumps to 23.7 percent...Tags: Bottom Of The List, Eu Countries, Households, Ireland, Lithuania, One Parent Families, Pauper, Portugal, Poverty Level, Poverty Line, Relative Poverty, Rich Person, Risk, S System, Slovakia, Social Security
Wed, 27 Apr 2005: EU’s road toll blues…
Apr 27, 2005 Baltics
In substance, it is a framework agreement laying down the principles of road toll calculation and collection. Besides Estonia, Malta, Belgium and Portugal said the bill hurt their interests. Most ...Tags: Adviser, Belgium, Communications Ministry, Countries Of Europe, East European Countries, Economic Affairs, Finland, Framework Agreement, Greece, Imports And Exports, Malta, Portugal, Vote
Sat, 21 Jun 2003: Stability pact at risk of German death blow…
Jun 21, 2003 Baltics
But Berlin can count on heavyweight support from France and Italy, which are also struggling to meet the 3 percent deficit target. The three countries, which together account for 70 percent of the...Tags: Belts, Berlin, Brussels, Budget, Death Blow, Deficit Target, Dutch Government, Euro Zone, France, Germany, Italian Prime Minister, Italy, Oversight, Portugal, Risk, Sat, Stability Pact, Tide, United Front
Thu, 19 Jun 2003: Latvia still on bottom in key statistic…
Jun 19, 2003 Latvia
The Latvian Institute of Economy director, Raita Karnite, said that growth of GDP per capita to 35 percent from 33 percent could be considered rather steep. She said Latvia's economic growth was m...Tags: Cyprus, Economic Growth, Economy, Eu Member States, Gdp, Gdp Per Capita, Greece, Latvia, Latvian Institute, Luxembourg, Population, Portugal, Richest Country In Europe, Slovenia, Statistic
Thu, 3 Apr 2003: Hopes of economic recovery dim with war…
Apr 3, 2003 Baltics
It dropped in all member states except for Luxembourg and the Netherlands, where it remained unchanged, and Portugal where it rose by 0.3 percentage point.The new source of gloom came barely two w...Tags: Brussels, Confidence, Economic Affairs, Economic Outlook, Economic Recovery, Gloom, Iraq Economic, Luxembourg, Member States, Mid March, Monetary Affairs, Netherlands, Pedro Solbes, Percentage Point, Portugal, Quarterly Report, Recession, Rose Point, Second Quarter, War On Iraq