Latvia

  • Jun 12, 2009
  • 7 min read

LATVIA: Speculation mounts against lat stability

The government sold 15 million lats (30 million dollars) in one-month Treasury bills yesterday....

Latvia
  • Jun 11, 2009
  • 2 min read

EU/LATVIA/SWEDEN: Authorities move to prop up lat

The head of the People's Party, the largest in Latvia's five-party governing coalition, said...

Eu
  • Jun 9, 2009
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Right leads more fractious chamber

The centre-right remained the largest group following the European parliamentary elections which...

  • Jun 9, 2009
  • 2 min read

LATVIA: Crisis requires economic policy reorientation

The crisis in Latvia is deeper than in the rest of the world, Economics Minister Artis Kampars...

Latvia
  • Jun 4, 2009
  • 2 min read

LATVIA: Devaluation scare spoils T-bill auctions

The Saeima (parliament) held the first reading today of the supplementary budget, with the...

Latvia
  • Jun 2, 2009
  • 2 min read

BALTIC STATES: Pressure builds on Riga to devalue

The views of a Latvian government adviser that devaluation is inevitable are not government...

  • May 11, 2009
  • 2 min read

LATVIA: CBS says economy contracted by 29% in Q1

Real GDP contracted in the first quarter of 2009 by 18% year-on-year, according to a Central...

Latvia
  • Apr 3, 2009
  • 2 min read

LATVIA: IMF withholds SBA tranche pending budget cuts

Latvia has "very large" liquidity reserves of 500 million lats (950 million dollars) and there is...

Latvia