The Report on the Economic Development of Latvia prepared by the Ministry of Economics (ME) (hereinafter referred to as the Report) includes information on the most important economic and social…
On 7 January 2020, the Minister of Economics Ralfs Nemiro appointed Kaspars Rožkals as Director of SA “Investment and Development Agency of Latvia” (IDAL). Mr Rožkalns will start performing duties of…
On 12 December 2019, the Ministry of Economics (ME) and SJSC “State Real Estate” (SRE) presented a Roadmap for the implementation of Construction Information Modelling (CIM) and guidelines developed…
From 1 January 2020 energy policy administration functions will be transferred to the State Construction Control Bureau (SCCB), thus introducing more effective control of the state aid system. …
When the assessment of the supervisory authorities involved in the implementation of the “Consult first” principle initiative in 2019 completed, the State Agency of Medicines was recognised as the…
On 26 and 27 November 2019, the world’s first hackathon of 5G policy makers took place in Riga. During it, recommendations were developed with a view to create legislation and a business environment…
On November 26-27, the first-ever 5G Policymakers’ hackathon took place in Riga, Latvia. More than 35 policymakers, industry representatives, lawyers from all over Europe came together to create…
“I am glad and pleased to say that we have taken a great step in improving the competitiveness of Latvian entrepreneurs. The reduction of distribution rates will significantly reduce the costs of…
On 21 November, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) presented the latest global “OECD Economic Outlook 2019, in which OECD experts evaluated the situation in the global…
On 14 November, the Saeima approved the state budget for 2020 in its final reading. The total budget of the Ministry of Economics planned for the next year amounts to 104,821,119 euro. Our budget…
