Latvia: foreign trade up in 2021

Under the influence of rebounding EU economy and high inflation the value of Latvian exports and imports reached records in 2021, official statistics showed. The Latvian Central Statistical Bureau wrote in a press release, that its provisional data showed that in 2021, Latvia exported EUR 16.49 billion worth of goods, EUR 3.19 billion or 24%…

Latvia: pandemic restrictions on shops eased

As the spread of Covid-19 in Latvia has decreased among children, the Latvian government has decided to lift the requirement for minors to present the digital Covid-19 certificate to prove their vaccination or recovery from the disease to attend events and receive services provided indoors or in the presence of an adult having one of…

Lithuania: Achema threatens to suspend striking workers’ employment

Lithuania’s nitrogen fertilzser plant Achema said on February 15 it was considering suspending striking workers’ labour contracts, hiring new people to fill in their places. “We can take certain collective action against the remaining protesters, it’s called a lockdown, a temporary suspension of labour contracts,” Achema’s chief legal officer Rytis Budrius said. “It means that…

Georgia: external trade up in January 2022

Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $1.1 billion in January, up by 41.1% YoY, latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. The value of exports grew by 47.6% and equaled $331.3 million in the period, while imports also increased by 38.5%, reaching $778.1 million. Trade deficit, a measure of the negative…