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Gazprom: government's attitude endangers Latvia's 2012 discount
Latvian Gas has stepped into negotiations with Gazprom on the latter applying a gas discount in 2012. The Russian concern in turn assumes the result of these talks can turn out to be not as good as expected. It is because of the natural gas tax changes introduced by the government.
airBaltic council to turn to General Prosecutor's Office
Council of the Latvian national airline airBaltic is set to turn to General Prosecutor's Office with regard to statements on the sale of 59 110 lats worth airBaltic shares.
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Bondars: Latvia should have sold its airBaltic shares a long time ago
"Latvia should have sold its shares in the national airline airBaltic already a long time ago," says Martins Bondars, member of Economists Union 2010 as well as the former head of the President and Prime Minister's offices.
Prime minister candidates pledge 250-300 lats pensions in five years
Prime ministers nominated by politic parties running in the 11th Saeima elections estimate that the average pension could hit 250-300 lats in five years, they told in a debate organized by TV3.
Dombrovskis: BAS trying to register fake airBaltic shares
«National airline airBaltic minority shareholder SIA Baltic Aviation Systems was trying to register fictive shares in a bid to get hold of the controlling share in the airline,« says Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister.
Ansip: Greece must be helped just like Latvia was
Andrus Ansip, Estonian Prime Minister says he cannot relate to people who propose to evict troubled countries, for example, Greece from the eurozone. He urges to remember about the financial situation their neigbour Latvia faced two year ago.
Foreign trade up 25.3% year-on-year
In July 2011, the total foreign trade turnover at current prices comprised LVL 1131.6 million – 7.1% or LVL 74.8 million more than in June 2011. It is 25.3% or LVL 228.5 million more than in July 2010, according to provisional data of the Central Statistical Bureau.
Uncertain economic future calls for caution
Trade, transport and manufacturing sectors boosted growth also this quarter, just like in the previous one, Igors Kasjanovs, Bank of Latvia Economist, comments on the latest GDP data.
Only safe airplanes fly to Latvia and EU
Russian aircraft flying to Latvia as well as the European Union are in a good technical condition and they are checked regularly, says Maris Gorodcovs, director at the Civil Aviation Agency. He is refraining to comment on the technical condition of planes flying within the airspace of Russia.
Ushakov: Harmony Center fears de-occupation coming to light again
One of the reasons why the association Harmony Center is concerned with how to name events of 1940 is natural fear that certain politic forces could bring de-occupation to light again, says Nil Usakov, Harmony Center's candidate for Prime Minister post.
Finance Ministry: GDP growth needs to be assessed together with external factors
Q2 GDP growth pace accounts for the fastest in the past nearly four years. We can see this from the Central Statistical Bureau's data that GDP is up 5.6% versus Q2 2010.
Latvian GDP expands 5.6% in Q2
Compared to the second quarter of 2010, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is up 5.6% in the second quarter of 2011, while growing 4.6% in the first half of 2011 versus the same period a year earlier, according to the seasonally non-adjusted data of the Central Statistical Bureau.
Annual inflation hits 4.7% in Latvia
Compared to July 2011, the average consumer price level in August 2011 dropped 0.3%. Prices of goods fell 0.6%, while prices of services gained 0.2%, according to the Central Statistical Bureau.
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