2023-09-23
The new Business Guide to Latvia: 2023 edition
The new business guide from LIAA helps investors and professionals by integrating into the labour market, local culture, and community.
Tag: Latvia
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.
2023-09-05
R&D on the top with Startup House and 5G appliances
Last year, €336,000 was earmarked for innovation and entrepreneurship. While NATO will test augmented- and virtual reality with local 5G.
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.
2023-08-01
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%.
2023-07-18
First things first, a stable and independent power system
With support from Poland and European funding (1.6 bn), the Baltics will upgrade their infrastructure and disconnect from the BRELL system.
2023-07-11
If dialogue breaks down, the military deterrent is left
The Baltics have requested the NATO forces deployed be beefed up to 3,000-5,000 troops each, being the most vulnerable part of the organization.
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.
2023-06-06
Latvia in a mission to promote export and attract R&D
Riga rebranded its national strategy aiming to increase the amount of attracted investments to 2.45 billion euro over the next three years.