Section: Latvia
Trasta komercbanka concludes the year 2014 with EUR 9.79 losses due to situation in Ukraine
The Latvian commercial bank Trasta komercbanka concluded 2014 with losses in the amount of EUR 9.79 million, informs LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Tusk: additional sanctions against Russia remain on the table
The European Union has yet to refuse the opportunity to increase sanctions against Russia should the situation in Ukraine deteriorates further, said President of the European Council Donald Tusk. …read more Source: Baltic News...
KVV Liepajas metalurgs puts out first 5,000 tons of steel bars
The joint-stock metallurgical company KVV Liepajas metalurgs, which was bought by Ukraine’s KVV Group in October 2014, has produced first batch of steel bars – 5,000 tons; the company is planning to export them to Algeria in March, as the KVV Liepajas metalurgs board member Igor Kovalenko told LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukraine sees day with no casualties and week without currency trading
Since ceasefire in the war against Ukraine came into force on February 15, Tuesday, February 24, was the first day with no reported casualties among troops. Ukraine’s central bank has, meanwhile, introduced a ban on hryvnia currency trade. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Cameron warns about threats of destabilization for Baltic States
Russia must be stopped in Ukraine; otherwise we will have to deal with destabilization of Moldova and Baltic States, said British Prime Minister David Cameron during a meeting of the lower House of Parliament’s Committee on Communications. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Endeavour to strengthen hryvnia continues in Ukraine
Ukraine’s central bank continues its monetary policy measures aimed at stabilising the rate of hryvnia, amid continued decrease in the value of the Ukrainian national currency. …read more Source: Baltic News...
ArcelorMittal chooses GEFCO Ukraine for its multimodal solutions
GEFCO Ukraine recently fulfilled a request for ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel producer, for the delivery of over 170 tonnes of material from China to the Kryvyi Rih plant in the centre of the country. The transport had to be carried out within the shortest possible time frame in order to ensure the continued operation of a blast...
Straujuma tells Ukrainian students in Riga her feelings about Ukraine
During her visit at the Riga Ukrainian School yesterday, Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) told the students her impressions following her visit to Ukraine last weekend, the State Chancellery informed LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
PM visits Riga Ukrainian school after Kyiv trip
Students at the Riga Ukrainian High School are getting used to new classmates arriving from the homeland in mid-year as more families relocate here from war-torn Ukraine, worried about their future there. Meanwhile, education is what Latvia’s government is planning to offer Ukraine as it faces its veritable existential crisis under pressure...
PM visits Riga Ukrainian school after Kiev trip
Students at the Riga Ukrainian High School are getting used to new classmates arriving from the homeland in mid-year as more families relocate here from war-torn Ukraine, worried about their future there. Meanwhile, education is what Latvia’s government is planning to offer Ukraine as it faces its veritable existential crisis under pressure...
