The number of job vacancies in Latvia was 23,900 in the second quarter of 2024, which was 1,400 (5.6%) fewer than in the same period of 2023, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LETA reports. The number of vacancies amounted to 12,800 in the private sector (down 10.7%) and to 11,100 in…
Polish-owned fuel trading company Orlen Latvija remained the largest single taxpayer in Latvia in 2023, according to the State Revenue Service (VID), LSM reports. VID awarded 20 companies in 5 regions in the large, medium, small, and micro-enterprise categories for their labour tax contributions in 2023. The biggest taxpayers in the segment of large enterprises…
The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) attracted 28 foreign investment projects in the first half of 2024, LSM reported. The projects will bring investments of EUR 263mn and create 1,245 new jobs. Altogether 13 of the projects are in Riga, 9 in Kurzeme, 3 in Latgale, 2 in Vidzeme, and 1 in Zemgale….
Latvia’s State Revenue Service (VID) has published a list of the country’s 17 largest corporate taxpayers, Baltic News Network reports. VID highlighted the largest taxpayers in the large, medium, and small business segments in Latvia’s five regions. The country’s biggest taxpayer in 2022 was Polish-owned fuel trader Orlen Latvija, which paid 278.95mn in taxes. In…
The Latvian nation was born 150 years ago during the Latvian Song Festival, President Egils Levits said at the opening ceremony of the Latvian Song and Dance Festival procession on 2 July 2023, LETA reported. People from Latvia’s Kurzeme, Vidzeme, and Zemgale regions united into a single Latvian nation at the first Song Festival in…