Latvia spent EUR 37,424 to deport 33 Vietnamese immigrants
The State Border Guard in Latvia deported 33 Vietnamese citizens to Hanoi through Russia last week, and the total costs of this deportation ...
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265,000 Estonians use adblocking software when using Internet
A recent study by PageFair and Adobe demonstrated that 265,000 web users in Estonia use adblocking filters, writes LETA/Delfi.
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Lithuanian government in favour of electronic voting terminals
The Government of Lithuania has approved the draft law amendments drafted by the Ministry of Justice, under which voters as of the upcoming ...
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Inese Kalvane to stay on as head of Latvian Employment Agency
Inese Kalvane, Director of the State Employment Agency, has decided to stay on despite submitting her resignation earlier this week, the Welfare Ministry ...
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Lithuanian president: farmers will not benefit from regulation of milk prices
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite says that any attempts to regulate milk purchase prices would lead to milk price growth for the final consumer, ...
In May, Lithuania’s industrial production up by 6.9% y-o-y
In May 2015, Lithuania's industrial production volume went up by 0.7% compared with previous month and on a year-on-year basis increased by 6.9%, ...
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Estonian Tax Board to monitor transporting of fuel in real time
A legislative amendment will grant the Tax and Customs Board an opportunity to start observing the path liquid fuels take from the warehouses ...
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First refugees could reach Lithuania in January 2016
Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skverneleis says that first refugees could come to Lithuania in January, 2016, reports LETA/ELTA.
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LDz ex-chief Magonis taken to Riga Central Prison
The now former chairman of state-owned rail company Latvijas Dzelzcels (LDz) Ugis Magonis, who is suspected of bribe taking, has been taken to ...
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FinMin: average unemployment level in Latvia to be 9.7% in 2015
The average unemployment rate in Latvia this year will be 9.7% and in 2016 – 9.1%, the Finance Ministry believes, cites LETA.
Lithuania PM: SoDra’s deficit will not be increased in 2016
Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevicius says that pensions in 2016 will grow taking into account financial capabilities, but without increasing the State ...
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Ameriks: Russia could halt coal transit through Riga Port
Unofficial information received on Wednesday indicates that Russia could halt coal transit through the Riga Port, Riga Vice-Mayor Andris Ameriks (Honor to Serve ...
