Wed, 30 Jun 2010: World Cup football fever in Lithuania…
Jun 30, 2010 Lithuania
According to the data by Sip Gallup Media/TNS, the average rating of the Lithuanian TV audience of a World Cup match is 4.5 percent (the data portrays the audience only for the first 11 World Cup ...Tags: Broadcast, European Basketball Championship, Eve, Football Fever, Gallup Media, Lithuania, Lnk, Ltv, Match, Pubs, Restaurants, Screen Tv, Sip, Six Years, Three Times, Tv Audience, Tv Viewers, World Cup Football
Thu, 28 Jan 2010: Belavia discovers Riga international airport…
Jan 28, 2010 Latvia
Belavia is the first airline to join Riga airport’s ‘family’ this year. In April, another low-cost airline, Wizz Air, is expected to begin flights to Riga. Flying on the first...Tags: Air Communication, Airbaltic, Airspace, Ambassador, Belarus, Belavia, Flights, Foray, Low Cost Airline, Maira, Management Team, Minsk, Mora, Riga, Rsquo, Seven Times, Three Times
Thu, 22 Oct 2009: Estonians claim Latvia is risky business…
Oct 22, 2009 Latvia
Kao, whose Selver supermarket group recently announced that it was stopping its expansion in Latvia, said that this was not the time to invest in Latvia or Lithuania. Estonians say that Latvian ...Tags: Baltic, Business Ethics, Businessmen, Ceo, Dry Construction, Estonians, Invest, Kao, Latvia, Lithuania, Money, Risky Business, Scale Fraud, Scandinavia, Supermarket Group, Three Times, Western Europe
Thu, 18 Jun 2009: The week’s top news in world financial markets from Maximus Capital…
Jun 18, 2009 Baltics
From a peak of $64.3 trillion in the second quarter of 2007, household net worth fell to $50.4 trillion in the first quarter of this year. Even when scaled by disposable income, this is a massive ...Tags: Decline, Disposable Income, Dollar Loss, Financial Markets, First Quarter, Household, Housing Market, Massive Fall, Models, Net Worth, Plunge, Second Half, Second Quarter, Stock Mark, Stock Market, Surprise, Three Times, Top News, Trillion, Wealth Effect
Wed, 3 Jun 2009: Lithuanian energy not tied to Russia: Sekmokas…
Jun 3, 2009 Lithuania
If there is a need, we will be able to buy electricity from Russia as well, but everything will be done under market conditions," the minister told the daily Lietuvos Zinios. Lithuania has no ele...Tags: Belarus, Centras, Closure, Electricity, Energy Company, Erc, Exceed, Grids, Inpp, Inter, Lietuvos Zinios, Lithuania, Middleman, Quota, Rao, Russia, Term Contract, Three Times
Wed, 5 Jul 2006: Experts: Foreign demand will keep real estate prices afloat…
Jul 5, 2006 Baltics
This "buy-to-let" approach can lead almost anywhere 's it could be a flat in China, a vacation property in sunny Bulgaria, a two-bedroom in Poland. All carry the promise of high returns through re...Tags: Average Wage, China, Economy, Foreigners, Home Countries, Investments, Local Market, Poland, Real Estate Prices, Spain, Steep Increase, Sunny Bulgaria, Three Times, Vacation Property, Wed 5
Wed, 1 Mar 2006: Baltic sugar mills preparing to slash output…
Mar 1, 2006 Baltics
Currently sugar in the EU is heavily subsidized, with prices some three times higher than world levels. The council decided that the minimum subsidized prices should decrease by some 36 percent, a...Tags: Agricultural Commissioner, Confidence, Courageous Decision, Fischer, Mariann Fischer Boel, Measures, Poorest Countries, Slash, Sugar Market, Sugar Mills, Sugar Sector, Three Times
Wed, 7 Dec 2005: Welfare minister to ask for minimum wage increase, jawbones employers…
Dec 7, 2005 Baltics
"But if they are offered a salary 10 times more in Ireland, then of course they'll go. At the same time, people have said in public opinion polls that if they were able to earn [in Latvia] three t...Tags: Amendments, Budget, Ireland, Lats, Latvia, Minimum Wage Increase, Private Businessmen, Public Opinion Polls, Salaries, Salary, Stake, Three Times, Welfare
Wed, 29 Jun 2005: Sugar producers take stock of looming losses…
Jun 29, 2005 Baltics
Mariann Fischer Boel, commissioner for agriculture, commented that Europe's sugar industry faced a "slow and painful death" if it did not reform itself. "I am convinced that EU sugar producers hav...Tags: Agriculture, Boel, Challenges, Eu Member States, Europe, Euros, Fischer, Losses, Painful Death, Stock, Subsidies, Sugar Beets, Sugar Industry, Sugar Producers, Three Times, World Market, World Trade Organization
Wed, 18 May 2005: Study: Lithuanian managers paid little, but can buy more…
May 18, 2005 Lithuania
For instance, the study revealed that senior managers in Hungary earn around 44,000 euros annually, but they can buy less with their salaries than their Lithuanian counterparts because of differen...Tags: Counterparts, Euros, General Laborers, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuanian, Position Levels, Purchasing Power, Salaries, Senior Managers, Switzerland, Three Times, Top Executives
Thu, 5 Jun 2003: Latvia needs courier service…
Jun 5, 2003 Latvia
In fact, Estonia's courier services are three times more developed than Latvia's, he said.Skodovs said that one of the best goals for the Latvian postal company would be signing an agreement with ...Tags: Best Goals, Courier Service, Courier Services, Electronic Media, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Pasts, Quality Marketing, Service Marketing, Service Quality, Services Clients, Three Times
Thu, 3 Apr 2003: Snoras acquired by Russia’s nuclear interests…
Apr 3, 2003 Baltics
To circumvent the rule, Konversbank purchased 100 percent of Luxembourg-registered Incorion Investment Holding Company, a move that also exempts the deal from initial regulation by the Bank of Lit...Tags: Bank Of Lithuania, Banks, Current Assets, Euros, Inequality, Institutions, Investment Holding Company, Luxembourg, Public Concern, Purchaser, Relative Obscurity, Rubles, Russia, Snoras, Takeover, Three Times
Thu, 20 Mar 2003: Economy surging forward…
Mar 20, 2003 Baltics
The country's foreign trade deficit amounted to 173.7 million litas, more than three times lower than a year ago. EU markets remain the main destination for Lithuanian exports, accounting for 40.4...Tags: Cis Markets, Denmark, Economy, Germany, Latvia, Russia, Switzerland, Three Times, Trade Deficit
Thu, 19 Aug 1999: No transition period for tax-free trade…
Aug 19, 1999 Baltics
"I think this could cut the number of passengers in half," she added.Aleksius said abolishing tax-free trade would force Hansatee to raise its ticket prices to compensate for the loss in revenue f...Tags: Airline Ticket, Postponement, Shipping Companies, Three Times, Ticket Prices, Transition Period
Thu, 25 Feb 1999: Eesti Telefon to cut international tariffs…
Feb 25, 1999 Baltics
The tariff of each service should correspond to its actual price," said Enno Kiviloo, spokesperson at Eesti Telefon.Eesti Telefon might cut its tariffs by three times. He also said that monthly su...Tags: Corporate Subscribers, Eesti, International Tariffs, Private Persons, Spokesperson, Subscription Fees, Tariff, Telefon, Three Times
Thu, 3 Sep 1998: ID cards replace Estonian passports…
Sep 3, 1998 Estonia
"Many won't need a new expensive passport unless they travel outside the European Union. This suits the numerous Estonian pensioners, who will look into cheaper options," Kuivjogi said. People are...Tags: Banks, Basic Card, Cooperation, Different Systems, Estonian Companies, European Union, Id Card, Id Cards, Number Of Cards, Passport, Passports, Pensioners, Plastic Cards, State Departments, Suits, Three Times