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"Liepajas metalurgs" new council member Lipmans steps down from council

The new "Liepajas metalurgs" council member, the company's shareholder, Kirovs Lipmans, has decided to step down from the company's council, Lipmans' attorney at law Pavels Rebenoks told "Nozare.lv".
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"Mooz!" and "Komunikaciju agentura" to implement euro popularization campaign

The euro awareness campaign will be carried out by companies "Mooz!" and "Komunikaciju agentura", according to the Finance Ministry's official statement on the winners of the competition for organization of the campaign, a copy of which has been obtained by LETA.
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New council elected for "Liepajas metalurgs"

Joint-stock metallurgical company "Liepajas metalurgs" shareholders meeting today appointed a new council for the company, as well as selected international audit and consulting company "Price Waterhouse Cooper" as the company's auditor, "Rietumu Radio" reports.
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Soviet-era apartment prices in Riga up 2% in Q2

Compared to the first quarter of 2013, the average price of non-renovated Soviet-era apartments in Riga increased 2 percent to EUR 594 (LVL 416) per square meter in the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest "Ober-Haus" real estate market overview.
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Banking sector's profit at LVL 77.7 million in first half of 2013

The banking sector's profit amounted to LVL 77.7 million in the first six months of the year, which is by one percent less when compared to the same period last year, when the banking sector posted LVL 78.5 million in profit, according to the Financial and Capital Market Commission's data.
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"SAF Tehnika" opens office and warehouse in Denver

Expanding its operations on the U.S. market, Latvian microwave data transmission equipment manufacturer "SAF Tehnika" has opened a permanent office and warehouse in Denver, Colorado.
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Number of non-banking financial companies' clients down 18% in H1

The number of clients of non-banking financial companies reduced 18 percent in the first half of 2013, compared to the respective period in 2012.
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Riga Airport's development successful thanks to business plan

Despite a negative evaluation of the Riga International Airport in the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Center's report on implementation of Latvia's strategic development plan for 2010-2013, the airport's board chairman Aldis Murnieks told "Nozare.lv" that he was optimistic about the airport's development opportunities, adding that the airport's passenger turnover had increased 1.2 percent in the first half of this year.
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Almost half of Latvian businessmen now support euro adoption

48.8 percent of businessmen in Latvia support the adoption of the euro - which is 14.2 percentage points more than last September, according to "Citadele Index" survey that the "Citadele" bank carried out in collaboration with the SKDS research center this past June.
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Sesks: State decision to repay principal loan amount in place of "Liepajas metalurgs" logical

The Finance Ministry and State Treasury's decision to repay "Liepajas metalurgs" debt to "Unicredit" is logical, given that the loan was underwritten by the state and that halting "Liepajas metalurgs" operations would cost the state even more, Liepaja Mayor Uldis Sesks said commenting on the government's decision to repay the principal loan amount to "Unicredit" in place of "Liepajas metalurgs".
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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.