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The Bank of #Lithuania has called on the #Bank of #Taiwan (BOT) to provide as diverse #banking services in Lithuania as possible. BOT has obtained regulatory approval to open a representative office in Lithuania.
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Polish-owned fuel trader Orlen Latvija remained the largest taxpayer in #Latvia in 2023, the State Revenue Service (VID) reported. VID awarded 20 #companies in 5 regions for their labour #tax contributions in 2023.
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Electricity #prices in #Estonia will increase following the planned decoupling from the Russian #electricity grid in February 2025. System operator @EleringAS has proposed raising the rate for production and consumption from EUR 0.04 to EUR 5.31 per MWh.
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#GDP growth in #Lithuania will reach 2.4% in 2024 and 2.6% in 2025, @IMFNews forecasts. Average annual #inflation will amount to 1.2% and the general government #deficit may be lower than planned in the state #budget in 2024, the report projects.
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A strategic #investor has shown interest in @airBaltic, the state-owned #airline of #Latvia, #Transport Minister Kaspars Briskens revealed. He said that the investor could acquire a minority stake in the company before a possible #IPO.
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Construction #prices in #Estonia rose by 2.2% on year in Q2/2024, #Statistics Estonia reports. Compared to Q1/2024, the #construction price index rose by 0.7%.
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The registration of candidates for parliamentary #elections in #Lithuania has ended. According to the Central Electoral Commission, 19 political #parties nominated altogether 179 candidates. Voters will elect 141 MPs in two rounds in October 2024.
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The State #Security Service of #Latvia has searched two locations related to ex-MEP Tatjana Zdanoka of the Latvian Russian Union. The searches were part of a criminal investigation into Zdanoka's possible cooperation with #Russian intelligence services.
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Ministers in the new #government of #Estonia have been sworn in before the country's #parliament. The Estonian Reform Party has seven, the Social Democratic Party four, and Estonia 200 three ministers. The cabinet includes seven men and seven women.
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President @GitanasNauseda of #Lithuania suggested that he did not want to see Foreign Minister @GLandsbergis appointed to the @EU_Commission. Earlier, Prime Minister @IngridaSimonyte asserted that Landsbergis would make an "excellent commissioner."
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The number of unemployed people in #Latvia totalled 62,000 in June 2024, the Central Statistical Bureau reports. The actual #unemployment rate stood at 6.5%, which was unchanged from a year earlier, but down 0.1 percentage points over a month.
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President @AlarKaris of #Estonia has appointed into office a new #government led by @KristenMichalPM. The #coalition consists of the same three #parties as the previous government: the Estonian Reform Party, the Social Democratic Party, and Estonia 200.
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US presence in #Europe is the best deterrent against #Russia, Pres. @GitanasNauseda of #Lithuania stated. If @realDonaldTrump won the US presidential election, Nauseda would seek to convince the new US administration to maintain the transatlantic bond.
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PM @EvikaSilina of #Latvia urged #Europe to "resist Russian evil," saying that this would help increase #security and prosperity in the continent. Speaking at the European Political Community summit in the UK, Silina called for more support to #Ukraine.
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The ruling coalition in #Estonia has published a new programme. The incoming #government will raise most #taxes, reduce the #budget #deficit, and cut costs in public administration and state #subsidies. #Defence spending will remain at 3% of GDP.
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The share of #children at risk of #poverty or social exclusion in the #Baltic States was lower than the EU average in 2023, according to @EU_Eurostat data: 21.7% in #Lithuania, 20.3% in #Latvia, and 18.3% in #Estonia.
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#Taiwan's largest commercial #bank, state-owned Bank of Taiwan, plans to open a representative office in #Lithuania. The bank said that the office would help expand #business operations in Central and Eastern #Europe.
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