Entrepreneurs-leaseholders of the Freeport of Riga land and berths permanently working in the port territory, which form the basic cluster of the port companies, invested 36.3 million euros in infrastructure development last year, while the total amount of investments in the last five years reached 195 million euros, Freeport of Riga Authority reported. The investment…
In January-May, freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja climbed by 5.7% YoY, to 2.8 million tons. In the reporting period, handling of grain and cereal products fell by 1.1%, to 1.06 million tons, and handling of anthracite – by 84.2%, to 28,800 tons, while handling of building materials climbed by 0.7%, to 282,200…
During the last year income of more than one fifth (21%) of Latvian households reduced, of 66 % – did not change, but of 13% – increased. In turn, in the following 12 months majority of households (78%) expect that their total income will not change, 15% – expect that their income will increase and…
The board of Riga Central Market – board chairman Artis Druvinieks and board member Kaspars Zauls – have stepped down. According to Riga City Council’s Communication Office, officials have informed Riga city CEO and shareholders in the company Janis Lange of their decision. Lange said Riga Central Market needed a new and capable management that…
Compared to Q1 2020, freight carried in transport by land and pipeline increased by 12.2%, but at ports – reduced by 8.2% in Q1 2021. 23.4 million tons of freights were carried by land and pipeline transport, up by 2.5 million tons or by 12.2%. An increase was observed for the first time since Q2…
In April, actual unemployment rate comprised 8%, down by 0.1% MoM. The unemployment rate among women remained at 7.5% in April, whereas among men it decreased by 0.1%, to 8.5%, according to data of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB). Unemployment rate registered by the State Employment Agency (NVA)…
Following changes to its network of routes, the Latvian national airBaltic airline has commenced an internal process to hire back 20 former flight attendants. However, there is one requirement – they have to be vaccinated for Covid-19, according to publicly available information. “All new employees whose duties include direct contacts with other people are required…