The Latvian government will invest an additional EUR 47mn in the state-owned railway company, Latvijas Dzelzcels (LDz), LSM reports. The capital will allow the company to pay all its tax debts and some outstanding bills for services. The state has invested EUR 95.6mn in LDz since 2020 to prop up the company’s finances. LDz has deferred paying taxes and compulsory state social security contributions. The company has incurred major losses since 2019, when Russia began redirecting cargo shipments away from Baltic ports to its own ports.
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