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EU ministers agreed on agriculture policy reforms
20.11.2008European Union (EU) farm ministers agreed today to divert chunks of longstanding subsidies, now enjoyed by large farms, into countryside preservation schemes in the biggest revamp of EU farm policy for five years.
Keyword tags: Agriculture, EU – Baltics, Legislation, Markets and Companies
Lithuanian telecom companies blast surveillance law
20.11.2008During their final parliamentary session, the outgoing Seimas amended the Euro-integration Data Retention Act, obliging fixed and mobile phone operator companies to register telephone conversations, SMS and e-mails, reports The Baltic Times/ ELTA.
Keyword tags: Legislation, Lithuania, Markets and Companies, Telecomunications
LIDA works on attracting two large industrial projects to Latvia
20.11.2008The Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIDA) is currently working on attracting two large-scale industrial projects to Latvia.
Keyword tags: Investments, Latvia, Markets and Companies
Producer price in Estonia in October 2008 increased by 6.3% y-o-y
20.11.2008According to Statistics Estonia, in October 2008 the percentage change in the producer price index was 0.8% compared to September and 6.3% compared to October of the previous year.
Keyword tags: Analysis, Estonia, Markets and Companies
Estonia's innovation of the year 2008 – cleanup campaign "Let's Do It!"
20.11.2008An Estonian entrepreneur Rainer Nolvak – the developer of an idea of nationwide cleanup campaign "Let’s Do It!" was named as Estonia's most innovative person of 2008, Tigerprises.com reported.
Keyword tags: Analysis, Estonia, Innovations, Markets and Companies
Retail of alcoholic beverages in Latvia decreased by 5% in first nine months of 2008
20.11.2008Retail of alcoholic beverages in Latvia decreased by 5% in the first nine months of 2008, according to information from the State Revenue Service, based on the nine-month data on revenue stamps.
Keyword tags: Alcohol, Latvia, Markets and Companies
Court opens insolvency case against FK Riga
20.11.2008Riga Central District Court has launched an insolvency case against the company FK Riga Ltd. as claimed by a private individual, as informed court chairperson's aide Kaspars Sadauskis.
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