World NGO Day 2014 Forum is due to be held at Scandic Marina Congress Centre in Helsinki, Finland on 27th -28th February. Among the speakers will be Ms Britt Bohlin, the Secretary General of the Secretariat to the Nordic Council, Mr Jan Mattsson the Executive Director of UNOPS and Mr Eric Falt the Assistant...
It was reported on Reuters that the Lithuanian government encouraged utility company Leituvos Dujos shareholders to seek arbitration against natural gas supplier Gazprom. Voting was held on Thursday to force Gazprom to reduce its prices. Lithuania currently pays some of the highest utility prices in Europe, much higher than paid by her nearest neighbours...
Sourced by BT 1 To promote the development of the Baltic textile industry and to expand it to the international markets, the International Exhibition Company BT 1, the organisers of the Lithuanian textile fair “Baltic Textile & Leather” and the textile industry associations of Latvia and Lithuania have reached an agreement that, as of...
This week saw the start of Latvia’s dual pricing display. As of the 1st October all prices in shops in Latvia must be displayed in both euros and lats. Store receipts will also show both pricing of euros and lats, the currency conversion at the official lat-euro exchange rate of 1 euro per 0.702804...
A new on-line fashion store called Madame Kuku has been launched to showcase the best designers of chic modern clothing in the Baltic States. Latvian entrepreneur Baiba More is bringing new fashion designs from the Baltic States to the UK. Madame Kuku brings together top boutique brands from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and sells...
A maritime tragedy whose story has been long buried has been recently brought to life by award winning writer Cathryn J. Prince. American author Prince’s new novel ‘Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gusloff’ was published by Palgrave Macmillan on 9th April 2013 and relies upon first hand...
