2023-09-19
When borders are weaponized, the crossing is shut down
Latvia closes one of its two crossing points with Belarus and signed for a purchase of the German medium-range air defence system IRIS-T.
Tag: EU
2023-08-19
Eastern borders are weapons full of fear and instability
Since Wagner mercenaries arrived Belarus, Latvia Lithuania and Poland prepare for increasing illegal border crossings and hybrid threats.
2023-08-12
How grain supply weights on the global market prices
The viability of alternative export routes to the Ukrainian grain presents transportation and capacity costs for an already tight global wheat market.
2023-08-01
Growth mindset and FDI strategy are the antidote to recession
New projects in Latvia create 1160 workplaces and reach 371.5M. Over the next ten years, 509.8M will target the electricity transmission system.
2023-07-29
Hope dies last: core inflation is more persistent than ever
Latvia’s inflation projections are revised downwards. But the wage-price spiral is not taken into consideration: in Q1 wages already edged up by 12%.
2023-07-04
Eastern borders are now formal and military weapons
NATO fears that Wagner group will cause greater instability in the region. Aggressivity increase as the number of migrants rose.
2023-06-20
The more inflation, the less competitiveness
The tight labour market increases the risk that inflation will remain higher and growth lower, and the rising borrowing costs will weigh on investment outlooks.
2023-06-13
Poland’s challenges to the EU combustion engine phaseout
In an attempt to avoid an outright ban on sales of polluting vehicles, Warsaw will continue mining coal, which generates 70% of its power, until 2049.
2023-06-03
An EU-Ukraine front: is the gamble worth it?
Ukraine urges the EU to lift export restrictions on its agricultural products, whereas CEE countries claim local markets’ distortion.
2023-05-20
Money laundering body: is it an economic asset or liability?
Banks should know their customers and innovate in ICT, while the state focus on prosecution without spreading unnecessary costs throughout the economy.