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		<title>PHOTO: Queen and Duchess of Cambridge visit London Underground</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Philip and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, have visited to Baker Street underground station in London.]]></description>
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		<title>Meroni: big lies conceal big evil of big men</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The so-called Ventspils transit war is now on a new level. Ventspils Mayor Aivars Lembergs and his former business partners with Olegs Stepanovs and Olegs Berkis in the lead seem to have reached a short-term settlement. There is more - it seems that the two parties have joined forces to fight against the Swiss lawyer Rudolf Meroni. Under the decision of the Prosecutor Generals' Office, he is currently managing property seized from Lembergs. AS Ventbunkers management changes hands all the time, while Meroni is accused of alleged attempts to get hold of 29 million USD. BNN introduces to Meroni's standpoint.]]></description>
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		<title>Meroni: Ventbunkers 23 December 2011 shareholders meeting &#8211; falsified</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Latvia there are no problems in registering fake documents, especially when the most notorious and skillful forger of shareholder meetings - Martins Kveps - is involved, Rudolf Meroni, Chairman of AS <i>Ventbunkers</i> Supervisory Board, said in an interview to BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Janis Jurkans: Latvia &#8211; country occupied by ruling power</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/jurkans-42303</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BNN rounds up publishing the interview with Janis Jurkans, who ran the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when Latvia's independence was restored. In the first part of the interview, Jurkans spoke about his work in Antonov's team and presented his opinion on why Krajbanka collapsed. The second part of the interview dealt with business interrelation with politics and a referendum on Russian as an official language. Today the founder of People's Harmony Party reflects on the harmony between communities and the pride.]]></description>
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		<title>Antonov &#8211; Latvia: people thrown under the bus</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/antonov-latvia-people-thrown-wheels-42032</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Latvian media abounds in various analysts and experts' opinions on Vladimir Antonov's banks in Lithuania and Latvia. As a rule, they are usually based on information circulating around in the public space. BNN is, however, publishing an interview with a person who has actually taken part in one of Antonov's projects - Janis Jurkans, who is reflecting about much more than just the sad chain of events within Krajbanka.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Ambassador: we care for what goes on in Latvia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/u-s-ambassador-care-latvia-40627</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arranging a meeting with Judith Garber, the United States of America Ambassador to Latvia, was not difficult at all. It took a single phone call to the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy and the date was set. Chief of the U.S. diplomatic mission surprised Gregory Zubarev, member of BNN Editorial Board, already at the very beginning.]]></description>
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		<title>Health system «turns its back» on patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's high time to admit that the free of charge medicine that is so much advertised in Latvia has not actually been on the agenda for at least the past 20 years. There is an urgent need for fiercer competition among providers of state-paid medical services. Thus, medical establishments will care more for quality and patients' satisfaction. Finally, the whole sector will then be directed towards the residents of Latvia, Leons Platacis, Board Chairman at the clinic Premium Medical, said in an interview to BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Latvian politician&#8217;s head rotates in opposite directions</title>
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		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/latvian-politicians-head-rotates-directions-39092#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The portal of the radio station Svoboda, whose headquarters are located in the Czech Republic, has published excerpts from its editor and radio personality Andrey Shariy's interview with Gregory Zubarev, the news agency BNN GmbH editorial council member and head of BNN Baltic version.]]></description>
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		<title>Auditor General: 2012 budget must not be mere mathematical exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government must look at the state policy as a whole, rather than view it in terms of accounting, as it is currently done. As long as there is no understanding of the need to adopt long-term decisions, Latvia will not be a national, strong and competitive country. Long-term vision is also necessary in formulating the 2012 state budget so that it is not only a mathematical exercise, the State Auditor General Inguna Sudraba told in an exclusive interview to the news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Authorized Automobile Dealers Association: Latvian car park &#8211; oldest in EU</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/authorized-automobile-dealers-association-latvian-car-park-oldest-eu-37238</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/authorized-automobile-dealers-association-latvian-car-park-oldest-eu-37238#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New cars market and the industry in general saw the biggest drop in history. There is not a single other industry that shrank 90% in two crisis years, Andris Kulbergs, President of Latvian Authorized Automobile Dealers Association told in an interview to the news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Lombards24.lv: job seekers fear pawn shops</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/lombards24-lv-job-seekers-fear-pawn-shops-36554</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/lombards24-lv-job-seekers-fear-pawn-shops-36554#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People have numerous misconceptions about pawn shops, says Agris Evertosvskis, Board Chairman of Lombads24.lv - the leading pawn shop chain in Latvia, adding that this negative reputation often interferes with finding a competent employee despite a competitive salary indeed. Professional thieves never go to pawn shops, they rather visit flea markets, he told in an interview to news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Vaikulis: airBaltic used for securing well-paid jobs to politically-bound people</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/vaikulis-airbaltic-securing-well-paid-jobs-politically-connected-people-36454</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/vaikulis-airbaltic-securing-well-paid-jobs-politically-connected-people-36454#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a feeling that Latvia has been in no control over the cash flow and business developments in the national airline airBaltic for years. Most likely, this is linked to the fact that it, like most public companies, has been used to put politically-connected persons in well-paid jobs, Zigurds Vaikulis, head of <i>Citadele Asset Management</i> Portfolio Management Division, indicates in an interview to the news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>BGF.BV: Latvian tax system &#8211; its sore point in the eyes of investors</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/latvian-tax-system-sore-point-eyes-investors-35588</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/latvian-tax-system-sore-point-eyes-investors-35588#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is exactly the Latvian tax system that troubles investments attraction, thus also slowing down business development, Artis Davidnieks, representative of the Dutch investment company BGF.BV told the business news portal BNN. BGF.BV launched its activities in Latvia in August, 2011, with an aim to invest up to 50 million lats in prospective Latvian and Baltic businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>Gemius President: mobile Internet in Latvia &#8211; on Western European level</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/gemius-mobile-internet-latvia-34846</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In terms of mobile Internet development trends, Latvia is very close to the Western European level. Today's smartphones offer almost the same functions as personal computers. The only difference is that they are smaller and only a bit slower, Artur Zawadzki, <i>Gemius</i> President, told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial expert: Russian investors start considering Latvia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/financial-expert-russian-investors-start-latvia-33405</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategical investors from Russia have just recently started to mull over also Latvia, while international rating agencies' upgrades will attract investors also from western Europe, Vadims Jerosenko, financial expert and Board Chairman at the consulting firm <i>Laika Stars</i>, told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>ERGO: 1st-tier of pensions hardly to ensure subsistence minimum</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/ergo-1st-tier-pensions-ensure-subsistence-minimum-32917</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/ergo-1st-tier-pensions-ensure-subsistence-minimum-32917#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is unlikely Latvia could abandon a pension system as such, however, the first tier of pensions could hardly ensure the subsistence minimum in future, Deniss Sazonovs, ERGO board member, told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Saeima deputy: Lembergs &#8211; not a player in elections</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/saeima-deputy-lembergs-player-election-32488</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/saeima-deputy-lembergs-player-election-32488#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents expect from the political parties ability to act, which is sometimes lost in political arguments and fight for posts. People are sick and tired of these fights within and among parties, says Klavs Olsteins, the former Saeima member, who quit the political association <i>Unity</i> (Vienotība) to join <i>Zatlers Reform Party</i>. Moreover, he forecasts Ventspils Mayor Aivars Lembergs will be no player at all in these elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Gemius Latvia head: advertising industry has cut out deadwood</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/gemius-latvia-head-advertising-industry-cut-deadwood-31805</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/gemius-latvia-head-advertising-industry-cut-deadwood-31805#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advertising industry underwent major changes due to the crisis, cutting out deadwood – in this way the fierce competition in the industry was kept at a high level, Kaspars Driķis, head of the Internet research company <i>Gemius Latvia</i>, indicates in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Coface: businessmen currently don’t trust anyone</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/coface-businessmen-don%e2%80%99t-trust-31433</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/coface-businessmen-don%e2%80%99t-trust-31433#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of drinking wine with their partners in blind trust, more and more companies are shifting to their transaction risk insurance, basing on facts, as it should be done, Sandra Smiltniece, head of sales division at the risk insurer <i>Coface Latvia</i>, indicates in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Ingman Saldējums: consumers have the right to know what they eat</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/ingman-saldejums-consumers-eat-30629</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite costs of raw materials for ice cream production rose over 10% on average, while costs of energy needed for production grew 6 – 8%, the choice of not substituting the cream with cheaper vegetable fats has paid off, Normunds Labrencis, Director of <i>Ingman Saldējums</i>, recognized in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Spilva: it is vital to maintain production</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/spilva-vital-maintain-production-30228</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latvian food producers are actively seeking new export markets, as well as opportunities to boost their sales. While the state should work harder to ensure fair competition, Dana Erciņa, marketing director at SIA <i>Spilva</i>, told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Capitalia: million from venture capital fund means 50 new jobs</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/capitalia-million-venture-capital-fund-means-50-jobs-29764</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/capitalia-million-venture-capital-fund-means-50-jobs-29764#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each million invested by a venture capital fund created 50 new jobs, says Juris Grisins, Board Chairman of Latvian Venture Capital Association and head of investment company <i>Capitalia</i>. He also points at the Latvian Achilles' heel in the competition with the neghbouring countries - it is difficult to single out a sector Latvia could stand out with among the Baltics. However, energy sector has managed to attract investors' interest.]]></description>
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		<title>Amigo: people no longer understand what they pay for</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/people-longer-understand-pay-29722</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compex tarrifs have contributed to people getting lost in the huge offer, so they no longer understand what they pay for, says  Artūrs Freimanis, <i>ZetCOM</i> Board Chairman. The company is mostly known for its pre-payment card <i>Amigo</i>. He told the business news portal BNN many people overpay for services that make part of the set they do no even use. ]]></description>
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		<title>Newsec: property market recovery in Latvia lags behind other Baltics</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/newsec-property-market-recovery-latvia-lags-baltics-28407</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/newsec-property-market-recovery-latvia-lags-baltics-28407#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 07:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite having activated in the past nine months and showing certain signs of optimism, Latvian real estate market recovery still lingers behind the one in the rest of the Baltic states, Olga Kozina, <i>Newsec Latvia</i> managing director, told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>LMT Vice President: huge campaigns no longer pay back</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/lmt-vice-president-huge-campaigns-longer-pay-27977</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/lmt-vice-president-huge-campaigns-longer-pay-27977#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 06:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[«War» among mobile communication operators has adapted a new form, it is no longer effective to organize impressive campaigns of offering «0» tariff or even paying people for talking on phone. It no longer brings any return, LMT Vice President Ingmārs Pūķis told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>City Fitness to invest 400 000 lats in two new gyms</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/city-fitness-invests-400-000-lats-gyms-27324</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/city-fitness-invests-400-000-lats-gyms-27324#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 07:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We plan to invest 400 000 lats in two new fitness clubs to be launched in Riga at the end of the year, <i>City Fitness</i> Board Chairman Eriks Nadzins told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>MADARA Cosmetics: crisis hit demand for low cost cosmetics</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/madara-cosmetics-crisis-hit-demand-cost-cosmetics-26947</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/madara-cosmetics-crisis-hit-demand-cost-cosmetics-26947#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 08:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economic crisis hit the Latvian cosmetics and beauty care industry only a little, moreover, it was exactly low cost cosmetics sales that dropped, not the ones of medium and high cost segments, Uldis Iltners, director of MADARA Cosmetics, told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Mikrofona ieraksti co-founder: concert business does not always bring profit</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/mikrofona-ieraksti-co-founder-concert-business-bring-profit-25912</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/mikrofona-ieraksti-co-founder-concert-business-bring-profit-25912#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 08:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is misleading to believe concert business brings profit «a priori». It depends on the performance, says Elita Mīlgrāve, Latvian record company <i>Mikrofona ieraksti</i> co-founder, journalist and producer.]]></description>
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		<title>Businessman: Latvian economic policy &#8211; destructing</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/businessman-latvian-economic-policy-destructing-25578</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/businessman-latvian-economic-policy-destructing-25578#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 06:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government's economic policy is nothing but destructive and destroying the country. Thanks to it, professionals are forced to look for jobs in Great Britain and Ireland, not Latvia, swimming pools and accessories company SIA Latgales baseini head Uldis Lielpēteris told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanians and Estonians envy Latvians attracting tourists</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/lithuanins-estonians-envy-latvians-attracting-tourists-25187</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/lithuanins-estonians-envy-latvians-attracting-tourists-25187#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In terms of advertisements, we stand out among the EU cities in a positive light. Our southern neigbours Lithuaninas are especially jealous, also Estonians are growing more and more interested in what and how we are doing. Despite the cut funds, it is planned to spend one and a half million lats on Latvian publicity campaigns abroad.]]></description>
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		<title>Balticovo: speculative feed grain prices complicate situation in the industry</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/balticovo-speculative-feed-grain-prices-complicate-situation-industry-24852</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/balticovo-speculative-feed-grain-prices-complicate-situation-industry-24852#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although due to speculative feed grain prices the situation in the sector is complex, Latvia’s population have returned to the tradition to cook at home, boosting the eggs sales. For example, last year 500 million eggs were produced, <i>Balticovo</i> head Arnis Veinbergs points out.]]></description>
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		<title>Fontaine Delisnack Riga to drive Ronald McDonald to tears</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/fontaine-delisnack-riga-drive-ronald-mcdonald-tears-24948</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/fontaine-delisnack-riga-drive-ronald-mcdonald-tears-24948#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crisis was an effective stress test to the catering sector and lack of money made people become more creative, which is especially important when the market is so fragmented, namely, each and very comes up with something different, say Jānis Kļaviņš and Ivars Kalvis, franchise Fontaine Delisnack Riga representatives.]]></description>
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		<title>Latvian Concerts head: ban of bonuses in state agencies should be lifted</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/latvian-concerts-head-ban-bonuses-state-agencies-lifted-24431</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/latvian-concerts-head-ban-bonuses-state-agencies-lifted-24431#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In terms of revenue we have hit the highest in the current economic situation, compared to the performance of the pre-crisis years. However, it does not mean the state&#8217;s policy regarding culture is arranged the way it should be, the state agency Latvian Concerts (Latvijas Koncerti) head Guntars Ķirsis told the business news portal BNN. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delikateso: lack of staff stems from «fat years»</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/delikateso-lack-staff-stems-%c2%abfat-years%c2%bb-24137</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/delikateso-lack-staff-stems-%c2%abfat-years%c2%bb-24137#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lack of qualified work force is a consequence of the «fat years», when salaries were boosted artificially, thus now employees believe their work costs more than it actually does. At the same time there will always be people in Latvia willing to pay a lot for quality goods, shop &#38; café Delikateso Commercial Director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knauf: competition sharpens on overcapacity and poor purchasing power</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/knauf-competition-sharpens-overcapacity-poor-purchasing-power-23758</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/knauf-competition-sharpens-overcapacity-poor-purchasing-power-23758#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite unclear tax policy, raw material and energy resources price gains burden the construction sector, building materials manufacturer SIA <i>Knauf</i> forecasts up to 10% turnover and profit climb, Jānis Kraulis, SIA <i>Knauf</i> Board member, told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>New Rosme: more turmoils to crash Latvia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/new-rosme-turmoils-crash-latvia-23681</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/new-rosme-turmoils-crash-latvia-23681#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike the state of Latvia itself, lingerie producer New Rosme has already overcome the crisis, moreover, the company reached its pre-crisis performance already last year, the Latvian corset, nightwear and swimwear manufacturer New Rosme Chief Executive Edgars Štelmahers told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Employers&#8217; Confederation: government acts unaware how things turn out</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/employers-confederation-government-acts-unaware-turn-23435</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/employers-confederation-government-acts-unaware-turn-23435#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We fought for three years to develop a sustainable development strategy, so that the government knew where it is heading the state in five years and more. However, now they are simply acting unaware of what will come out of their activities, Latvian Employers' Confederation (LEC) President Vitālijs Gavrilovs told in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>IT company: lack of reforms leads to Monaco-like income and Norway-like taxes</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/company-lack-reforms-lead-monaco-like-income-norway-like-taxes-22938</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/company-lack-reforms-lead-monaco-like-income-norway-like-taxes-22938#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crisis combat boosted information and communication technology (ICT) sector recovery, however the government carries out poor structural reforms. Practically there are none, one of the leading IT companies in Latvia SIA Komerccentrs DATI grupa Board Chairman Aldis Gulbis told in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Rights Protection Centre: mortgage lending needs a new law</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/consumer-rights-protection-centre-mortgage-lending-law-22855</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/consumer-rights-protection-centre-mortgage-lending-law-22855#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, no one is taking the initiative to develop «Mortgage Lending Act», thus matters are sold in an fragmented manner and directed to the sector of the consumer protection, which in turn cannot be arranged without this law, Consumer Rights Protection Centre (CRPC) director Baiba Vitolina told in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>New Rosme: real trade goes only east</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/new-rosme-real-trade-east-22664</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/new-rosme-real-trade-east-22664#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We send about 80% of our production to the CIS countries with 10% travelling to Scandinavia and 10% sold in the Baltic states, the Latvian-based lingerie maker <i>New Rosme</i> Chief Executive Edgars Štelmahers told in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Businesswoman: private investors don&#8217;t do charity</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/businesswoman-private-investors-charity-22483</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/businesswoman-private-investors-charity-22483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private investors are always investing in ideas they can make profit from, they don't do charity, Aiva Viksna, businesswoman and union <i>Leader</i> Board Chairwoman, told in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Gailis compares government to pupils</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/gailis-compares-government-pupils-22203</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/gailis-compares-government-pupils-22203#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government is not making use of the crisis to reduce burecraucy, because it would be like cutting their own flesh, the businessman Māris Gailis told in an interview to the business news portal BNN, at the same time introducing to his business activities and forecasts that Latvia will have to import workforce from Russia and Belarus.]]></description>
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		<title>Forum Cinemas could open new movie theater</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/forum-cinemas-open-movie-theater-21818</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/forum-cinemas-open-movie-theater-21818#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SIA <i>Forum Cinemas</i> board member Atis Amolins told in an interview to the business news portal BNN in two years Forum Cinemas could open another new movie theater in one of Riga shopping centers.]]></description>
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		<title>Latvenergo ex-chairman: Scandinavians to join Latvian energy market</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/latvenergo-ex-chairman-scandinavians-join-latvian-energy-market-21129</link>
		<comments>http://bnn-news.com/latvenergo-ex-chairman-scandinavians-join-latvian-energy-market-21129#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy producers from Scandinavia are likely to join Latvenergo competitors in the Latvian energy market in near future, the energy power supply enterprise Latvenergo ex-chairman Kārlis Miķelsons told in an interview to the business news portal BNN, adding that this will toughen the competition in the energy market even more.]]></description>
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		<title>Stenders: franchise business struggles with control over partners</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/stenders-franchise-business-struggles-controlling-partners-21016</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Control over partners is the biggest challenge in franchise business, because you need them to do everything right, not whatever they themselves want, <i>Stenders</i> soap factory director Jānis Bērziņš told in an interview to the business news portal BNN, also revealing the company aims at turning 4 million lats this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Jumava: book industry’s contribution forms 100 million lats yearly</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/jumava-book-industrys-contribution-estimated-100-million-lats-20804</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book publishing effect on education, information, language improvement and design can be assessed at the extent of 100 million lats a year, the Head of the publishing house <i>Jumava</i> Juris Visockis indicates in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Tele2 Chairman: smartphones will be used as credit cards</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/tele2-chairman-smartphones-smart-cards-20239</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smartphones will develop as a means of payment and it will be possible to use them as credit cards via contactless technologies, the Chairman of Tele2 Board Valdis Vancovičs (Vancovics) told in an interview to the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Businessman Pumpurs and ex-prime minister Gailis take up alternative energy</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/businessman-pumpurs-ex-prime-minister-gailis-alternative-energy-19946</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millionaire and businessman Uldis Pumpurs together with the ex-prime minister of Latvia Māris Gailis is to start up a wind farm business to produce energy.]]></description>
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		<title>Periodical kebab booms in Latvia</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/periodical-kebab-booms-latvia-19613</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In times of crisis people mostly try not to spend more than two lats on dinner, thus fast food restaurants and special offers are especially demanded at the moment, <i>Kebabs par latu (Kebab for a lat)</i> owner Mārtiņš Šmits told the business news portal BNN.]]></description>
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		<title>Arena Riga: Riga Dinamo own hockey hall is mere Savickis PR move</title>
		<link>http://bnn-news.com/arena-riga-hockey-club-riga-dinamo-hall-mere-savickis-pr-move-19692</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<i>Itera Latvija</i> head Juris Savickis statement on their own hockey hall construction for the needs of Riga Dinamo is a mere PR move to reduce Arena Riga possible price, in case it is bought from the current owner AS <i>Rietumu banka</i>.]]></description>
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