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Latvian economy once again posts EU's strongest annual growth in Q2

Latvia registered the highest gross domestic product growth year-on-year and the seventh highest quarter-on-quarter growth in the European Union in the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest report published by "Eurostat", the statistical office of the European Union.
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Investors' representatives protest sale of Kemeri Sanatorium to Jurmala City Council

The sale of the Kemeri Sanatorium to the Jurmala City Council without going to auction contradicts legal requirements and creditors' interests, law firm "Raidla Lejins&Norcous", representing "Ominasis Latvia", says in a letter to Jurmala City Council.
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Up to EUR 50 million to be invested in fifty companies with high growth potential

A total of approximately EUR 50 million (LVL 35 million) will be invested in around fifty companies with high growth potential in the coming years, the Latvian Guarantee Agency's board chairman Klavs Vasks told reporters today while presenting the third venture capital funds program.
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"Liepajas metalurgs" legal protection plan almost impossible to approve without "Stemcor" consent

The future of the metallurgical company "Liepajas metalurgs" at the moment depends on its legal protection process plan, the adoption of which depends to a great extent on one unsecured creditor - the steel trading company "Stemcor". Without its approval, it will be near impossible to have the plan adopted, as the State Treasury's head Kaspars Abolins says in an interview with the "Nozare.lv" business portal.
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First "Ikea" store in Baltics opens in Vilnius tomorrow

The first "Ikea" store in the Baltic countries will open in Vilnius on Wednesday, August 14.
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Transport Ministry vows that NATO shipments to Afghanistan through Latvia will continue

Despite the news report from the Lithuanian portal "Lnt.lt" today that NATO freight flow to Afghanistan through Latvia will be halted, the Transport Ministry announced this afternoon that the flow to and from the war-torn country continues - as can clearly be seen today at Riga Airport.
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NATO freights currently transported to Riga to be transshipped in Klaipeda

All NATO freights that were until now transported from Afghanistan to the United States via Riga will now travel through Klaipeda, Lithuanian radio and television news portal "Lrt.lt" reports.
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Unemployment falls for fifth consecutive month

The registered unemployment level in Latvia was 9.5 percent at the end of July, reducing for the fifth month in a row, the State Employment Agency informed.
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Latvian-Estonian business forum to be held in Riga this week

On August 16, a Latvian-Estonian business forum will be held at the Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum, the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry informed the business information portal "Nozare.lv".
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"Belarusian Oil Company" to build or buy terminal in Riga or Ventspils

"Belarusian Oil Company", the principal exporter of oil products from Belarus, will build or buy a terminal at the Freeport of Riga or the Freeport Ventspils, "Belarusian Oil Company" subsidiary in Latvia "TransBaltic Oil" board chairman Andrey Markushev points out in interview with the newspaper "Biznes&Baltija".
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Entertaiment & Arts

Producer: many young people come to work in the film industry

Latvia’s film industry has been steadily growing these past several years, and it is especially gratifying that many young people are coming to work in the industry, says director and producer, representative of Film Angels Productions Jānis Kalējs.