From 1 January 2011, Hungary will have a flat rate personal income tax system with a 16% flat-rate personal income tax. The change is aimed at improving the competitiveness of the Hungarian tax system ...

The tobacco producer and retailer Scandinavian Tobacco has changed its brand name to British American Tobacco Latvia, according to the information from the Registry of Enterprises' Lursoft information ...

This is it, my friends! It happened! We finally found someone willing to take over and continue our business. In the year of our 25th anniversary, in June – precisely the month the first ever issue of ...

Early in the 19990s, when the Berlin Wall had come down, enthusiasm about the perspectives for the future was unbridled in the Baltic Rim countries. Old ties were strengthened, new plans made, ...

Today, Parex banka is implementing its new brand name, according to the bank's announcement at NASDAQ OMX Riga. From now on, the company, which is the only enterprise in the Baltic region and one of ...

At his meeting with Sri Lankan Minister for Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that Sri Lanka is an attractive economic partner for Estonia in the transit ...

As of Friday, August 24, Arturas Vaskevicius will not hold a position of Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Environment. He has been working as a deputy minister since the early December 2010.

After a several year long interval, the Latvian-American folk-country-pop band "Cikagas piecisi" (The Chicago Five) will come on a tour to Latvia, as concert organizers Untitled Unlimited's ...

OAO Gazprom and E.ON AG, majority shareholders of Lithuania's gas utility Lietuvos Dujos AB, should complain to Brussels about the nation's unbundling plans to the European Commission, Premier Andrius ...

Two Latvian soldiers were killed by insurgents in a battle in Afghanistan, as Airis Rikveilis, head of the defense minister's bureau, confirmed to LETA. This morning Sergeant Voldemars Ansevics and ...

On July 29, two fishermen from Ventspils (northwestern Latvia) caught a huge catfish in the Daugava River, the ''TV3'' nightly news reported in the evening. The catfish is 2.2 meters long and weighs ...

On Thursday, July 16, AS Wienerberger started again operating the brick factory in Aseri that had been stopped since the end of the year 2008, writes Äripäev.ee/LETA. The factory will, however, ...