News Latvia Commerce: Latvia ranks 17th in EU Digital Economy and Society Index
Latvia this year ranked 17th in the EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) among all 28 EU member states, lagging behind Lithuania and Estonia, the European Commission announced today. In this year’s index, the top countries include Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK.
News Latvia Commerce: Chinese-Latvian trans-border e-commerce hub sends first container from the Port of Riga
Last week the first cargo container was shipped from the largest container terminal in the Port of Riga, the “Baltic Container Terminal”, to Ninbo, China marking the launch of the newly-established ...
News Latvia Commerce: The AmCham member survey: No comprehensive strategy and clear communication to attract international talent
Recognizing that labor shortage challenges are severely affecting the business environment, AmCham conducted an anonymous online survey from February 11 until April 10 about Latvia’s labor market. The goal of the survey was to collect members’ opinion on labor market challenges and their experience in attracting and retaining talent.
News Latvia Commerce: Atran Airlines’ new route guarantees cargo capacity between Hangzhou and Riga for Cainiao Network
The flight, which is to be operated every Thursday onboard its recently deployed Boeing 737-800BCF, will provide up to 23 tonnes of cargo capacity for e-commerce shipments of Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group.
News Latvia Commerce: Russia’s Atran Airlines launches regular cargo transportation from China to Latvia
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, is introducing new route into its network between Hangzhou, China, an emerging technology hub and home to the e-commerce ...
News Latvia Commerce: Latvian political party representatives running for EP support increasing national contributions to the EU budget
Six party representatives participated in the EP pre-election debate on May 14, which was organized by seven foreign chambers of commerce in Latvia and which was probably the only debate in the run-up ...
News Latvia Commerce: China launches e-commerce hub in Latvia
China has launched a joint China-Latvia cross-border e-commerce hub at the Baltic Container Terminal in Latvia’s capital Riga. China is Latvia’s biggest Asian trading partner, and Ēriks Eglītis, ...
News Latvia Commerce: China-Latvia Cross-border E-commerce Hub launched in Riga
Sun Yinglai (2nd L), Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Latvia, Latvian Economics Ministry' State Secretary Eriks Eglitis (2nd R), and Andris Ozols (1st L), head of the Latvian Investment and ...