The pandemic has caused unpleasant shocks in the Latvian economy, but recovery from it may be the beginning of a period of rapid growth. The Baltic export industries are successfully overcoming the crisis, and their development prospects are good, says economist Pēteris Strautiņš, sharing the conclusions of Luminor Bank’s Baltic Economic Review. – The crisis … Read more
In the first nine months of this year, Ķekava municipality has granted real estate tax (RET) relief in the amount of more than 100,000 euros. Almost 40% of the total amount of benefits or 38,000 euros is allocated to large families of the county. – According to Vineta Vītoliņa, Head of Public Relations of Ķekava … Read more
The mercury rises to around 31 degrees on Tuesday, but that does not stop the Intratuin garden center chain from already focusing on the Christmas period. Intratuin will provide the garden centers with Christmas baubles and other decorations earlier than in other years, the company writes in a press release on Tuesday. Where the first … Read more
French aircraft maker Airbus offers employees an extra two months’ salary when they take advantage of the voluntary departure scheme. For example, the aircraft maker wants to make the departure scheme more attractive and prevent more expensive, forced layoffs, writes the news agency Bloomberg Tuesday. Airbus has been suffering from the corona crisis for a … Read more
Although the number of corona infections is increasing, few people are still dying from the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) thinks that will change. “October and November will be very difficult.” That says WHO regional director Hans Kluge in an interview with AFP. It is the result of a resurgence of the virus almost … Read more
Sanquin blood bank has encountered a major setback in the collection of blood plasma for the production of a corona drug. The amount of antibodies in that plasma is declining faster than hoped for. That writes the AD. The intention was to recruit 16,000 donors, people who have been infected with corona and therefore have … Read more
British former Prime Minister David Cameron has also spoken out against Boris Johnson’s controversial bill, which undermines parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement. This makes him the fifth former prime minister to fiercely criticize Johnson. “Passing a law and then breaking an international obligation is the very last thing you should consider. It’s really a … Read more
Munich (dpa) – According to a study, an anti-traffic jam fee of a few euros could solve large parts of Munich’s traffic problems. You could “get the congestion problems in the inner city under control”, write the authors of the Ifo Institute and the consulting firm Intraplan in a study presented on Monday. The researchers … Read more
The main face of the opposition to Luís Filipe Vieira and candidate for the presidency of the club, Rui Gomes da Silva, former administrator of SAD and vice president of the incarnates, but also a former minister, also reacted to the news that António Costa is part of the honor committee of Luís Filipe Vieira. … Read more
Brexit is back. The British have now left the European Union, but the two parties are still arguing about their future relationship. Time is running out and the news is piling up quickly, so we’ll have a quick update on what happened this week. Let’s get started with the fireworks right away. The relationship between … Read more