Riga, Latvia--Al Dahra Group has signed a supply agreement with Golden Fields, an Estonian agriculture company specializing in the production of premium quality animal feed grown in the Baltic region. At an event in Riga attended by government officials, farmers, and businesses from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Al Dahra Group...
China rejects envoy’s claims on ex-Soviet countries sovereignty
China insisted it respects the sovereignty of all ex-Soviet countries, after comments by its ambassador to France drew ire in Europe. Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, the European Union's three Baltic countries, summoned China's envoys to account for Ambassador Lu Shaye questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states.
EU parliament adopts tough rules to tackle gender pay gap
Women earn on average nearly 13 percent less per hour than men for the same work in the 27-nation European Union, according to official data for 2020. Under the new rules, workers can demand to know individual and average pay levels, broken down by gender, in their workplace.
Gazprom suspends gas export to Latvia as tensions escalate
Russian energy giant Gazprom Saturday suspended gas supplies to Latvia following tensions between Moscow and the West over the conflict in Ukraine and sweeping European and US sanctions against Russia. Gazprom drastically cut gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline on Wednesday to about 20 percent of its...
Dubai turns Expo into 6-month diplomatic gala
Amid a global pandemic, Dubai strategically turned a business and culture event into a public diplomacy spectacle unmatched in history.
UAE and Latvia launch economic cooperation program in six sectors
The UAE and Latvia have agreed on a six-track economic cooperation program covering trade and investment, innovation and advanced technology, transportation and logistics, agriculture, food, education and science during the 2nd Joint Economic Committee (JEC) session held in Dubai. These programs will be designed to achieve higher levels of prosperous...
G7 calls for Belarus to end migrant crisis immediately
G7 foreign ministers urged Belarus Thursday to end a migrant crisis on its border with Poland, accusing it of callously engineering the stand-off and putting lives at risk.
