- May 28, 2026
In response to the agreement reached by the governing parties on the government’s priorities and working principles, the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) positively assesses several provisions included [..]
Computer prices rose by an average of 25–30% in the first quarter of 2026, marking the steepest increase in recent years. The current situation in the computer hardware market can [..]
By Kārlis Mārtiņš Gulbis, Investment Analyst, Signet Bank. April will likely be remembered as a month of paradox, where a negatively fluid geopolitical environment, highly volatile energy prices and inflation [..]
The latest Signet Bank survey[1] of entrepreneurs shows that Latvian companies’ plans to raise financing for future development have remained stagnant since 2023. The level of ambition has fluctuated between [..]
Opinion by Prof. Dr. Paulo Pereira. In the following opinion article, Professor Pereira highlights the critical role of urban soils in providing ecosystem services such as flood mitigation, water regulation, [..]
In this interview, Marina Stasevich, Co-founder at SOTA and executive coach, shared her perspective on why strategy so often stays separate from day-to-day execution. With 15 years of experience in [..]
Europe’s economic performance is being dominated by geopolitics. War in the Middle East and its spillover effects are slowing growth in the euro area economy and driving up inflation. The [..]
“I consider the academic environment to be one of the key factors in shaping a strong personality, because a person with a higher education – provided they actually studied and [..]
By Valters Smiltāns, Signet Bank investment analyst. In 2025, the Lithuanian parliament reformed the country’s second-pillar pension system, which came into effect in 2026. The reform significantly increases the flexibility [..]
Companies are losing strong candidates not only due to talent shortages, but increasingly because their hiring processes fail to meet market expectations. This was the key conclusion from an expert [..]
By Viesturs Deksnis. The warning from the International Energy Agency has been unusually stark. In an interview with El País, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol described the conflict involving Iran [..]
“My goal is to be a tree under whose shade young people can grow,” says Mykolas Kulikauskas, a graduate of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), who now works at the Kaunas [..]
By Viesturs Deksnis, Editor-in-Chief of Balticnews.com. Independent decision-making is becoming a critical challenge for fast-growing companies, says Alena Padalnitskaya, Head of the League of Analysts at Zubr Capital. Working closely [..]
By Vadzim Smatrayeu, VP Fintech Services at IBA Group. For decades, card acquiring was inseparably linked to specialized hardware. Accepting card payments meant purchasing certified POS terminals and managing logistics, [..]
Dainis Gašpuitis, Economist at SEB Banka Latvia, has shared brief reflections on LinkedIn regarding the current situation in the Middle East and its potential implications for the global economy, financial [..]
Latvia’s household waste management system is already facing serious challenges. Although sorting infrastructure has improved in recent years and part of the society is actively sorting waste, 118 thousand tonnes [..]
As the global labor market undergoes rapid transformation, educators and policymakers are increasingly questioning whether traditional approaches to education are sufficient to prepare young people for the future. In Latvia, [..]
By Edmunds Antufjevs, Kristiāna Janvare, Signet Bank Investment Banking Management. Bond issuance activity in the Baltic market surged in 2025, reaching record levels in both issuance volume and number of [..]
SOFTSWISS, an international tech brand with its partner’s development centres in Warsaw and Poznań, has strengthened its long-term technology strategy by appointing Denis Romanovskiy as its first Chief Artificial Intelligence [..]
By Mārtiņš Rozenbaums, Investment Banking Project Manager, Signet Bank. The real estate bond market has experienced rapid fluctuations over the past three years, from a decline in activity and uncertainty [..]
By Kārlis Mārtiņš Gulbis, Investment Analyst at Signet Bank. 2025 turned out to be a paradoxical pseudo “roller coaster” ride that was more frightening than shocking. We were prepared for [..]
Andrew Gawthorpe, Leiden University The White House has released its national security strategy, a document put out by every US presidential administration in order to spell out its foreign policy [..]
Foreign Ministry Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov said on “Ukraina stuudio” that the message delivered by every past U.S. president — that Europe must start taking responsibility for its own affairs [..]
The first cohort of The League of Analysts, an international educational program by investment company Zubr Capital, has completed its course in Poland. The final defense of graduation projects took [..]
By Vera Rayevskaya, Customer Success Director, IBA Lithuania. Artificial intelligence has evolved from an experimental innovation to a strategic necessity. Across industries, enterprises are integrating AI into operations, customer engagement, [..]
By Viesturs Deksnis. As the European Commission moves forward with the implementation of the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation, new methodologies for the certification of carbon farming removals [..]
By Viesturs Deksnis. As Europe races to fulfill its climate ambitions and reshape the transport sector, powerful new trends are emerging at the intersection of technology, sustainability, and regulation. Recently, [..]
By Siarhei Fedarovich, Program/Project Manager at IBA Group, PMI-ACP and Julia Kanaikina, Head of Delivery, Cybersecurity services at IBA Group, PMP certified. As cyber threats grow in complexity, AI is [..]
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