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KPMG: Latvian businessmen work longer hours than Estonian, Lithuanian [23.05.2013, 08:54]
Probable forgeries turn up in Latvijas Krajbanka's case [22.05.2013, 14:00]
Shareholder fighting haunts Liepajas Metalurgs [22.05.2013, 11:59]
NIB lends for upgrade of east-west railway corridor in Latvia [22.05.2013, 10:37]
VSS starts combined electricity supplies [21.05.2013, 15:31]
Swedes to manufacture LCD panels in Ventspils [21.05.2013, 15:30]
First Latvian satellite nearing launch in space [21.05.2013, 11:13]
Plus Punkts clashes with suppliers [21.05.2013, 11:12]
Danish DGE expands to Riga [20.05.2013, 17:55]
Yet another case of unfounded insolvency in Latvia [20.05.2013, 17:46]
Riga Economic Forum organizers cancel invitation of Paul Krugman (23) [17.05.2013, 09:24]
Latvia's Olainfarm acquires stake in competitor [15.05.2013, 11:00]
EBRD: Baltic countries reaping rewards of austerity measures [10.05.2013, 16:56]
Latvia behind Sweden, but ahead of Finland in green energy (1) [10.05.2013, 11:00]
Latvian steel mill seeks investors to avoid bankruptcy [10.05.2013, 10:58]
Ventspils Nafta earns LVL 3.87m [09.05.2013, 16:10]
Re Baltica: Latvian companies pay inadequately low salaries [09.05.2013, 16:08]
Why franchise? [09.05.2013, 15:59]
Study finds happy Latvians [09.05.2013, 12:48]
One of Japan's largest companies acquires  a Latvian port operator [09.05.2013, 10:30]
Bombardier seeks a project manager for Riga [08.05.2013, 15:10]
Latvia lays down economic roadmap for 2013-2016 [08.05.2013, 15:00]
First Latvian satellite nearing launch in space [08.05.2013, 11:53]
Latvian banks write off more debts [07.05.2013, 10:51]
Moody's warns Latvia about  non-resident deposits (1) [07.05.2013, 10:49]
AdEvolution grows in Riga, adds clients in Denmark [06.05.2013, 13:00]
Lattelecom to open 2,000 free Wi-Fi hotspots in Latvia [06.05.2013, 12:00]
Latvian retail chain Elvi to develop small stores [03.05.2013, 14:00]
Latvian authorities fine copyright agency [03.05.2013, 11:11]
Olainfarm builds a co-generation power plant [30.04.2013, 10:59]
Baltic states promote three-in-one holiday for Chinese tourists (14) [29.04.2013, 15:54]
Latvia's largest daily paper still losing money [29.04.2013, 15:51]
Latvian dairy company finds a Russian investor [29.04.2013, 15:50]
Latvia seeks support for its OECD membership [26.04.2013, 11:25]
Reformu Partija listed among tax debtors [26.04.2013, 11:19]
Paul Krugman to speak in Riga in July (11) [25.04.2013, 13:30]
CEO: airBaltic to make a profit in 2014 (4) [25.04.2013, 09:52]
Financial Times: Cypriot money landing in Latvia (1) [24.04.2013, 13:00]
Production accident rocks Olainfarm [24.04.2013, 09:49]
British shadow minister: our hotels employ too many Estonians, Latvians (15) [24.04.2013, 09:36]
Latvian bank launches a Chinese-language website [23.04.2013, 10:51]
Swedish company buys 940 hectares of Latvian forest in four years [23.04.2013, 10:19]
Petrol in Lithuania costs more than in Latvia, Estonia [22.04.2013, 17:19]
Danish Krüger completes large order in Riga [22.04.2013, 15:25]
Producer prices in Estonia up 5% in a year [22.04.2013, 15:18]
Latvian government not too eager to support Liepajas Metalurgs [19.04.2013, 12:00]
LIAA promotes investments in Latvia with a new video [19.04.2013, 11:00]
airBaltic reports better-than-expected results for 2012. (1) [18.04.2013, 16:07]
Mobile Internet use growing in Latvia [18.04.2013, 12:09]
Finnish alcohol maker to move production from Latvia to Estonia [17.04.2013, 16:30]
Ober Haus: housing in Latvia more affordable, but still hard to reach [17.04.2013, 10:59]
Latvian lingerie producer acquires Estonian competitor (3) [16.04.2013, 16:37]
Latvia may not open electricity market in 2013 [16.04.2013, 14:00]
Survey: office rents in Riga lower than in Tallinn, Vilnus [16.04.2013, 12:59]
Latvian insurance market up 12% in 2012 [16.04.2013, 12:27]
Latvian unemployment down to 10.8% in March [15.04.2013, 10:10]
Latvia's industrial output slows down in 2013 [12.04.2013, 16:22]
Finnish businessman: Latvia has changed beyond recognition since 2005 (2) [12.04.2013, 16:20]
Survey: German companies in  Baltics ready to invest, create new jobs (1) [11.04.2013, 18:34]
airBaltic to add new Bombardier aircraft to its fleet [11.04.2013, 11:04]
Swedbank increases 2013 GDP growth forecast for Latvia to 4.3% [11.04.2013, 10:57]
President Berzins on Latvian government: "delusional insanity" (1) [10.04.2013, 12:50]
Tallink grows on Riga-Stockholm route [10.04.2013, 12:47]
The moment of truth for Latvia's eurozone bid nearing (7) [09.04.2013, 12:00]
IMF to leave Latvia, but keeps an eye on it [09.04.2013, 10:33]
Retail sales up in Latvia, down in Estonia [08.04.2013, 14:00]
Latvia's Olainfarm seeks to become No. 1 in Baltics [08.04.2013, 11:30]
Swedes sell Latvian grain processor to Lithuanians [05.04.2013, 16:07]
"Latvia could be Russia's Switzerland" (2) [04.04.2013, 13:51]
Latvia opens criminal case over tender to buy trains from Spain's CAF [04.04.2013, 13:43]
One of Latvia's largest manufacturers seeks government aid [02.04.2013, 15:59]
Norwegian developer to expand Alfa mall in Riga [02.04.2013, 14:51]
Swedbank to leave Russia, Ukraine [02.04.2013, 14:47]
More new projects on the Latvian residential market [01.04.2013, 11:59]
LMT finishes rebranding, considers new directions [01.04.2013, 11:02]
Swedes sell Rigas Dzirnavnieks to Lithuanians [28.03.2013, 16:13]
Maizitis appointed new head of Latvian intelligence service (1) [28.03.2013, 16:10]
Latvian banking sector back to profits in 2012 [28.03.2013, 13:24]
Estonian real estate fund expands into Latvia [27.03.2013, 12:23]
SKF warns consumers about countefeit bearings in Latvia [27.03.2013, 11:25]
Latvia plans restrictions on land ownership [26.03.2013, 13:27]
SEB: Latvia no longer the sick man of Baltics [26.03.2013, 13:22]
Latvian real estate company doubles sales in 2012 [25.03.2013, 10:56]
Bank regulator: Latvia is not a new Cyprus [22.03.2013, 13:17]
SEB: Baltic economies continue decent growth (3) [22.03.2013, 10:24]
Latvian food producer to make biscuits for Norway's Kavli [21.03.2013, 15:02]
Latvia may become haven for Russian cash that is leaving Cyprus (2) [21.03.2013, 13:55]
HKScan completes Latvian merger [21.03.2013, 10:38]
Astor Hotels plans a new hotel chain for Riga [20.03.2013, 15:00]
Swedish law firm expands in Latvia, Lithuania [20.03.2013, 12:51]
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Global IT report ranks Estonia 22nd, Latvia 41st, Lithuania 32nd

Estonia climbed two places to 22nd in the Global Information Technology Report 2013 of the World Economic Forum. Lithuania was ranked 32nd and Latvia was ranked 41st, reported ERR.

Kanajev to take over Rail Garant's project

One of Estonia’s richest businessmen Anatoli Kanajev who owns and operates container terminal Muuga CT in Muuga is taking over the container terminal development from Russian-owned Rail Garant, writes Äripäev.

Mendeley, a goldmine for Estonians

Estonian co-founders of Skype may have earned ten times its investment by selling Mendeley to Reed Elsevier.COMMENTS (2)

Ruling coalition in rift over Eesti Energia

Economy Minister Juhan Parts (IRL) opposes proposal made by influential Reform Party MP Kaja Kallas to unbundle Eesti Energia’s distribution grid operations.COMMENTS (3)

Ansip on Russia trade:
we must be realistic

Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev made sure that not thorny political topics were raised during their meeting in St Petersburg on Friday, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (5)

Savisaar's shady funds
in Swiss bank account

Estonian prosecutor’s office and the national security agency KAPO suspect that Mayor of Tallinn Edgar Savisaar had been hiding bribery money in a Swiss bank account.COMMENTS (19)

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Software developers look for new markets

Several Estonian software developers feel that the Estonian market is too small for them and are actively looking abroad.COMMENTS (3)

Gilded executives of
state-owned enterprises

The list of biggest-earning executives of state enterprises in 2012 was dominated by former executives of Estonian Air and former and current executives of state power company Eesti Energia, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (11)

Tallinners already
as rich as Finns?

While Prime Minister Andrus Ansip keeps telling everyone about his dream to make Estonian state one of the five richest countries in Europe in 15 years, this has already become reality in Tallinn, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (29)

Estonian taxman to combat VAT fraud

Estonian tax authority Maksuamet is considering a radical plan by which VAT paid on goods would be first transferred to a bank account in the tax authority and released to the sellers only after it has been checked.COMMENTS (1)

Estonia to ease hiring of foreigners

Hiring of a top specialist from abroad will soon become easier and the necessary permits would be issued within a few weeks.COMMENTS (18)

Court overturns Veerpalu's doping ban

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal of the Estonian cross-country skier Andrus Veerpalu against the decision of the Doping Panel of the International Skiing Federation (FIS).COMMENTS (4)

Baltic economies keep growing

Economic growth in Eastern and Central Europe, in particular in Baltic countries, writes SEB in the latest issue of its twice-yearly Eastern European Outlook.COMMENTS (3)

Only Slovaks poorer than Estonians

Among 17 Eurozone members, Estonians are one of the poorest by net value of their assets, shows statistics published by Dagens Industri, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (30)

Are Temple Knights controlling Estonian Defence Forces?

Eesti Ekspress weekly writes that people who have joined the Temple Knights hold several executive positions in Estonian Defence Forces.COMMENTS (2)

Battle of fashion retailers heats up

Estonian market has seen the arrival of several so-called fast fashion retailers that have become very successful.

PPP is becoming
a burden Tallinn

City of Tallinn is already spending 5% of its annual budget on private public partnership or PPP contract, writes Äripäev.

Running Tallinn is not a tickling competition

Centre Party executives say heav-handed tactics of Mayor of Tallinn and Centre Party chairman Edgar Savisaar are justified.COMMENTS (1)

Flybe eyeing Baltics

Finnish business newspaper Kauppalehti wrote this week that British airline Flybe is considering not only expansion on the Estonian market, but also Latvia and Lithuania.COMMENTS (1)

Ministry of Social Affairs in the pocket of big pharma

Ministry of Social Affairs is doing everything to allow pharmaceutical manufacturers to ban exports of certain medicines by sellers, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)

January: More Russian than Finnish tourists

In January, Estonia was visited by more Russian tourists than Finns, Statistics Estonia reported today.COMMENTS (1)

Pension funds start investing in Estonian real estate

Funds managing Estonians' pension assets are increasingly investing in Estonia, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)

Latvian canned meat removed from sale

Two large grocery chains Rimi and Maxima in Estonia have removed cans made in Latvia that are suspected to contain horsemeat, according Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)

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