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Latvia – a growing financial center
Peters Putnins, Chairman of the Financial and Capital Market Commission addressed AmCham members on the future of Latvia's financial and banking sectors.
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U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State visits Latvia
On May 17 the AmCham Board met with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Benjamin Ziff. Among topics discussed were the business and investment climate and attraction of American investments, AmCham’s priorities for this year, outlook for TTIP, efficiency in the public sector and anti-corruption measures.
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Exposing corruption and fraud through high profile cases
Our top-tier members had the chance to meet Doug Squires, Federal Prosecutor in Columbia, Ohio and Adjunct Professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law to discuss the U.S. experience in fighting the public corruption and investigation of white collar crime and fraud cases.
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The bank for Baltic enterprises
Around 40 members gathered at Citadele Banka's Head Office to hear more about the bank, its operations in Baltics and investment opportunities in low interest rate environment.
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AmChams from 35 countries in Europe visit the U.S. for Annual Conference
From May 8-May 13 representatives of 35 American Chambers of Commerce from Europe met in Washington, DC and Minneapolis for a series of high-level meetings on cross-sectoral issues such as TTIP and wider transatlantic economic relations.
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Latvia & the U.S.: building bridges across a changing landscape
On 26 May, the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, organized a presentation of the book and public discussion on Latvia-US cooperation in the realms of security and defense. The book contains an article on "TTIP on the Horizon" by Liga Smildzina-Bertulsone.
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AmCham welcomes new Executive Director
Lina Karklina has been appointed the Interim Executive Director of AmCham Latvia. Lina will be responsible for all AmCham activities, the AmCham office on a daily basis and an ongoing support to the Board of Directors.
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Welcome new member - LSH
LSH, a company offering freight forwarding, global logistics and transport solutions, has joined the Chamber this month. Welcome to the AmCham community!
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Lessons learned after almost going bankrupt
On May 26 - 27 our member Diatom Enterprises participated in the world conference DSummit in Stockholm. At the conference CEO of Diatom, Denis Gorshkov gave a speech under the title "What I learned after three times of almost going bankrupt".
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Economic impact of insolvency abuse reaches EUR 665 million
On April 6, FICIL presented its Insolvency Abuse Report that FICIL carried out in cooperation with Deloitte. The report analyses the main indicators of insolvency abuse, its impact on the economy and the resulting losses to the society.
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Who is the best public speaker among Prime Ministers?
Skrivanek Baltic just presented a study "Language Police" about the language culture of 13 Prime Ministers of Latvia. Ivars Godmanis received the highest score, followed by Valdis Dombrovskis and Einars Repse.
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Latvia – a growing financial center
Peters Putnins, Chairman of the Financial and Capital Market Commission addressed AmCham members on the future of Latvia's financial and banking sectors.
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Exposing corruption and fraud through high profile cases
Our top-tier members had the chance to meet Doug Squires, Federal Prosecutor in Columbia, Ohio and Adjunct Professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law to discuss the U.S. experience in fighting the public corruption and investigation of white collar crime and fraud cases.
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The bank for Baltic enterprises
Around 40 members gathered at Citadele Banka's Head Office to hear more about the bank, its operations in Baltics and investment opportunities in low interest rate environment.
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Work from anywhere!
For the fifth time in Latvia the "Work from anywhere!" day took place on May 27 at 13:00 at the square of Latvian National Museum of Art. The aim of the event is to spread the word about flexible approach to work, to highlight its advantages, as well as to provide tips on the best ways how to organize such a workstyle.
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from 09:00 till 21:00
