International Internet Magazine Saturday, 22.11.2008, 08:27
23% more cargo loaded in Lithuanian sea ports in January-October 2008
21.11.2008In January-October 2008, 32.7 million tones of cargo was loaded in Klaipeda State Port including Butinge Terminal, an increase of 22.8% year-on-year.
Keyword tags: Airports, Analysis, Lithuania, Ports, Transport
Global Finance: DnB NOR – best Norwegian foreign exchange bank
21.11.2008The Global Finance magazine named DnB NOR as best foreign exchange bank of Norway.
Keyword tags: Analysis, Banks, EU – Baltics, Financial Services
Rimsevics: government's decision to launch talks with IMF is farsighted move
21.11.2008The government's decision to launch talks with the International Monetary Fund for the stabilization of the macroeconomic situation in the country is a farsighted move, which will prove to be very useful in case the volume of money in global and the Latvian economy decreases more yet, as the President of the Bank of Latvia Ilmars Rimsevics said in an interview on the Latvian State Radio this morning.
Keyword tags: Analysis, EU – Baltics, Financial Services, Latvia
Number of Lithuanian jobseekers increased by 33% in Octrober 2008 y-o-y
21.11.2008In October 2008 21,800 jobseekers applied to local labor exchanges in Lithuania, an increase of 13.5% compared to September 2008 and over 33% more than in the same month last year.
Keyword tags: Analysis, Employment, Lithuania
Zagars received Spidola Economy Award
21.11.2008The Latvian National Opera Director Andrejs Zagars received the Spidola Economy Award from the Latvian Economists Association 2010 in a ceremony yesterday.
Keyword tags: Analysis, Economics , Latvia
Swedbank: Lithuania’s economy will rise only in 2011-2012
21.11.2008In 2009 Lithuania"s economy will grow only as much as the companies exporting products will manage to advance it. However, due to the dropping demand on the domestic market, economic development is likely to be small in the forthcoming several years and the economy rise will happen not earlier than in 2011-2012, Swedbank analysts forecast.
Keyword tags: Analysis, Economics , Inflation, Lithuania
Number of stays at rural tourism accommodations in Latvia in 2008 – down by 20%
21.11.2008The number of stays at rural tourism accommodations in Latvia has dropped 20%, compared with year 2007, president of the rural tourism association Lauku celotajs, Asnate Ziemele, informed LETA.
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