As of May 31, Latvia has donated more than 1 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines to third countries, as reported by the National Health Service. The biggest number of vaccines was for Vaxzevria – 452,400 doses. Of this amount Latvia has donated 64,200 doses to Tunisia, 115,000 to Egypt, 80,000 to Benin, 55,200 to Kenya,…
Latvian parliament’s Public Administration and Local Government Committee decided to not support the proposal for giving municipalities the right to fully restrict gambling activities within their respective territories. The proposal was submitted by Seaima deputy Viktors Valainis prior to the third reading of the Law on Local Governments. He proposed “issuing commercial permits and licenses,…
Compared to Q1 2021, gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 6.7% in Q1 2022, according to seasonally and calendar non-adjusted data at constant prices. GDP at current prices was EUR 8.1 billion. As compared to the previous quarter, GDP went up by 3.6% (according to seasonally and calendar adjusted data at constant prices). Compared to…
The turnover of liquefied petrol gas importer LLC Intergaz was EUR 19.857 million in 2021, up by 64.4% YoY. However, the company’s profit decreased by 34.8%, to EUR 198,068. The annual account from the company indicated that last year Intergaz continued working on improving competitiveness and developing employees’ skills in management, project management and various…
Compared to April, the level of construction costs in Latvia increased by 21.6% in April. Prices of building materials rose by 30.3%, maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment – by 17% and labour remuneration of workers – increased by 8.7%. In April, compared to March, the level of construction costs rose by 3.1%.…
In January-March, Latvian unemployment rate constituted 7.3%. Over the quarter unemployment rate grew by 0.2%, while over the year it fell by 0.8%. In Q1, there were 68 thousand unemployed persons aged 15-74 (inclusive), down by 6.7 thousand YoY, but up by 1.5 thousand QoQ, according to data of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted…
Managers of Belarusian state-owned sanatorium Belorusija and Russian state-owned sanatorium Jantarnij bereg in Jurmala have been blacklisted by Latvian authorities. Latvian State Security Service (VDD) confirms that Russian citizen Viktor Danilohs and Belarusian citizen Aleksandr Gruzdov have been in focus of the service for a long time for activities that may serve Russian state interests…