Latvia’s current-account surplus at 6% of GDP in 2nd quarter
Sep 3, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Latvia’s current-account surplus was 6 percent of gross domestic product in the second quarter, the lowest level in more than a year, as write-downs by foreign- owned banks declined, writes Bloomberg.Tags: Account Surplus, Banks, Current Account, Gdp, Gross Domestic Product, LastPublications, Latvia, Second Quarter
Survey shows wages highest in Estonia, lowest in Lithuania
Sep 3, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
The highest monthly wages in the Baltics are in Estonia at 12,689 kroons (822 euros), followed by Latvia (444 lats, 634 euros) and Lithuania (2,056 litas, 596 euros), according to a survey.Tags: Baltics, Estonia, Euros, LastPublications, Lats, Lithuania, Survey, Wages
Port of Tallinn handling more Russian fuel oil
Sep 3, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Port of Tallinn shipped 2.349 million tonnes of oil products in August, most of it Russian fuel oil. Volumes were up 21% from the same month last year and up almost 4% month-on-month, reported portworld.com.Tags: Fuel Oil, LastPublications, Oil Port, Oil Products, Russian Fuel, Russian Oil, Tallinn, Tonnes
Ministry: registered unemployment has been falling for 5 months
Sep 3, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
As of this morning, Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund had 72,132 people registered as unemployed. This is 1,130 people less than a week before and is equal to 11.1%, writes aripaev.ee with reference to the Estonian ministry of social affairs.Tags: 5 Months, Estonian Ministry, Insurance, Insurance Fund, LastPublications, Ministry Of Social Affairs, People, Unemployment Insurance
Latvia posted EU’s steepest GDP fall in the second quarter
Sep 3, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Latvia's gross domestic product fell by 3.9% in the second quarter of the year 2010 as compared with the second quarter of 2009. It was the largest decrease among all the European Union member states, according to the latest Eurostat data.Tags: European Union, European Union Member States, Eurostat Data, Gdp, Gross Domestic Product, LastPublications, Latvia, S Gross, Second Quarter, Union Member States
Trichet: Estonia’s eurozone preparations are on track
Sep 3, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Jean-Claude Trichet , president of the European Central Bank, said yesterday in Frankfurt that preparations for Estonia's accession into the eurozone were on track, writes Äripäev.Tags: Accession, Estonia, Eurozone, Frankfurt, Jean Claude Trichet, LastPublications
Lithuania may sell 500 million euros of bonds
Sep 2, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Lithuania may sell at least 500 million euros in seven-year bonds in coming weeks to cover the country’s financing for the next year, Reuters reported.Tags: Bonds, Euros, LastPublications, Lithuania, Reuters
PM: tax revenue has never been as good
Sep 2, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Estonia’s budget deficit may shrink more than forecast after tax receipts reached a record percentage of the government’s annual revenue plan last month, prime minister Andrus Ansip said today at a cabinet press conference.Tags: Andrus Ansip, Budget Deficit, Cabinet Press, Estonia, LastPublications, Prime Minister, Record Percentage, Tax Receipts
Yask East may start assembling trolleybuses in Lithuania
Sep 2, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Vilnius-based Yask East plans to turn Lithuania into the next exporter of trolleybuses and compressed natural gas-fired buses by assembling low-floor vehicles from bodies supplied by Ukraine's major car and bus producer Bogdan Corporation (itself a trolleybus maker) and electrical equipment from ...Tags: Bogdan, Buses, Cegelec, Compressed Natural Gas, Czech Republic, Electrical Equipment, LastPublications, Lithuania, Trolleybuses, Ukraine, Vilnius, Yask
airBaltic continues active recruitment
Sep 2, 2010 Estonia, Estonia: In English, Europe
Latvian national airline airBaltic said it continued expansion in Estonia and was currently looking for ground handling staff, in order to service airBaltic passengers and aircraft at Tallinn airport.Tags: LastPublications, National Airline, Recruitment, Tallinn Airport
