http://www.eubusiness.com Latest business news about Latvia and the European Union. daily 1 2007-01-02T13:22:44Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latvia-business.etb The European Commission said Thursday it was launching a probe into state support for Latvia's Hipoteku un Zemes Banka (Mortgage and Land Bank, MLB) ahead of an eventual sell-off of its commerical assets. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. business probe commission Latvia banks 2012-01-26T15:23:13Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.ejw European Union states must balance their budgets and ready huge emergency funds if they are to restore the faith of the financial markets, according to Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. eurozone Finance budget Latvia INTERVIEW debt public 2012-01-15T17:22:26Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latvia-estonia-rail.ej5 European Union transport commissioner Siim Kallas on Friday urged the Baltic states to press ahead with a planned a high-speed railway that will boost their links with the rest of the 27-nation bloc. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Estonia Lithuania rail Latvia Headline1 transport 2012-01-13T15:43:00Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latvia-politics.eab Lawmakers in European Union member Latvia rejected a motion Thursday to enshrine Russian as the second official state language after Latvian in the ex-Soviet Baltic state's constitution. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. minority language Latvia Russian politics 2011-12-22T16:01:33Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latvia-sweden.dqp Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt defended the European single market Monday but warned that more strident budget supervision and regulation by Brussels only made sense if the rules already in place are obeyed. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. eurozone Sweden Latvia economy 2011-11-28T19:00:36Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-economy-tax.dm5 Controversial plans for a European Union financial transactions levy are justified in view of help from governments for banks, the bloc's tax chief Algirdas Semeta said on Monday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance banking tax Commission Latvia regulate economy 2011-11-21T13:05:48Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/economy-finance.dbj The European Commission said on Thursday that Latvia's three-year, 7.5-billion-euro bailout programme, due to wind up next month, was an example for the rest of the European Union. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. eurozone finance Latvia debt public Economy 2011-11-03T15:45:57Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/economy-finance.d7x Denmark aims to bolster efforts to get the European Union's economic house in order when it takes the helm of the 27-nation bloc next year, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said on Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. finance Denmark Latvia debt Economy public euro 2011-10-28T14:08:09Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/poland-eeurope.cky Amid the Arab Spring, the EU should not lose focus on spurring reform and building ties with ex-Soviet states, Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Poland Latvia EEurope Mideast 2011-09-29T23:00:17Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-economy.ckw Greece and other debt-wracked eurozone nations have no alternative to austerity, according to Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, who steered his country out of the world's deepest recession. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance economy public debt eurozone Greece Latvia INTERVIEW 2011-09-29T20:02:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latvia-vote-euro.cap A pro-Russian party which won Latvia's general election but was unlikely to find coalition partners to govern, Monday urged a referendum on joining the crisis-mired eurozone. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. vote politics Latvia euro 2011-09-19T14:33:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latvia-euro-economy.b1a Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis criticised the European Central Bank Thursday for the way it applies rules on inflation for would-be eurozone members such as his own country. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Latvia ECB euro economy 2011-06-30T15:46:32Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/employment-regulate.9q4 The opening of German and Austrian labour markets to workers from eastern European Union member states will not mean an avalanche of migrants from Latvia, Finance Minister Andris Vilks said Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. employment regulate Germany Austria Latvia 2011-04-28T18:04:45Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/poland-latvia.93q The European Union must step up efforts to create a bloc-wide energy policy, a move which is crucial for its member states' economic security, Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers said Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Poland Latvia EEurope energy 2011-03-15T21:33:45Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latvia-competition.8z4 The European Commission announced Thursday that it was probing rail-freight companies in the Baltic states suspected of violating competition law. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. probe rail competition Latvia Headline2 transport 2011-03-10T15:05:28Z News Item