Looking at the impact of growing gas prices on Europe, the Latvian government should think about ways of creating and managing different material reserves, wrote Latvia’s Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks on Twitter. The minister also said the Ministry of Defense was already working on solutions. Law on the State Material Reserves explains that nomenclature…
Chain store company Lidl has announced plans to open 15 stores in Latvia on October 7. Lidl will open stores in Riga, Liepaja, Ventspils, Tukums, Jelgava, Ogre, Valmiera, Jekabpils, Rezekne and Daugavpils. Lidl stores in Latvia will be open every day 08:00 – 22:00. The festive opening ceremony will be organized at all stores at…
With the number of Covid-19 patients on a rapid rise Latvia’s largest hospitals are overloaded, which suggests it is entirely possible a state of emergency may be declared in them. One of the reasons is the limited number of available medical personnel possible to send to assist the overloaded intensive care wings, Latvian Hospital Association’s…
With new regulations to halt the spread of Covid-19 in place and the requirement for compulsory vaccination expanded for some sectors of the economy, employers are provided with the right to dictate, which employees are required to undergo Covid-19 vaccination. Additionally, new regulations provide employees and employers with multiple ways of resolving vaccination-related disputes, including…
The Commercial Court of Kyiv region upheld the claim filed by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and ordered the Latvia-based airline, Primera Air Nordic, to pay Ukraine a debt of UAH 150,000 (over $5,600) for air navigation services during flights over the Black Sea. Prosecutors found out during the inquiry that…
Books and printed press will be applied with value added tax (VAT) of 5% from now on, as decided by Latvia’s government. VAT for books published in physical and digital form will reduce from 12% to 5%. This also applies to newspapers and other printed press that are released in physical and digital form. Reduction…
Staying true to the plan to expand operations in the Baltic Sea, Swedish Stena Line has invested EUR 200 million in the Ventspils-Nynashamn ferry line. In 2022, the company plans to deploy two brand new ferries on this route, the company reports. These two new ferries will expand Stena Line fleet with 33% increased passenger…