주라트비아 대한민국 대사관

     Newspaper Review

I. Politics 

1. Several factors influenced decline in turnover - Rimi Latvia.

2. National debt will stabilize at around 40% of GDP by 2025 – Aseradens.

3. EU agrees tougher rules for irregular migrants. 

4. EU must open doors more widely to Ukraine on its path to EU membership - PM Karins. 

5. Latvia needs consolidated climate and energy policy – Levits.

6. Two howitzers donated by Latvia destroyed in battles in Ukraine. 

7. Amendments necessary to unblock Riga's development plan pass final reading in Saeima. 

8. Baltics, Poland call for using EUR 300 billion in frozen Russian funds to rebuild Ukraine. 

9. National Media Council restricts access to Russian propaganda websites in Latvia. 

10. Regulator approves shared use of radio spectrum by Bite Latvija and Unistars. 

11. Kucinskis nominates Colonel Baltmanis as the next chief of the State Fire and Rescue Service. 

12. Prohibition to implement programs in Russian at private universities is in line with Constitution, but not in the official languages of the EU. 

13. Latvijas Dzelzcels board chairman Kleinbergs fired. 

14. Production to partly resume at Edge Autonomy drone plant's premises not affected by fire. 

15. 2023 state budget project will be submitted to committees for review on Monday – Reirs. 

16. There is a question about responsibility of Russia as a state – Ziemele. 

17. Fire at drone production plant most likely caused by work safety violations. 

II. Economics

1. Global price hikes affecting competitiveness of Latvian exporters - Economics Ministry.

2. airBaltic's passenger number in Lithuania up by 68% in January. 

3. Registered unemployment in Latvia was at 6.3% at end-January. 

4. Baltic unit of meatpacker HKScan posts EUR 61 million operating loss for 2022. 

5. Construction output down by 11.3% in 2022. 

6. Latvian export of goods grows 29.3%, imports up 35.8% in 2022. 

III. Official Statement from MoFA, President of Latvia office, Cabinet of Ministers, Saeima

1. Latvian Orienteering Federation invites President to become a patron of ‘Star Relay’. 

IV. Korea

1. None.