Businessman Guntis Indriksons, the unofficial leader of "Skonto" Group, has pledged most of his properties as collateral in favor of businessman Jurijs Gorbovs, newspaper "Dienas Bizness" (DB) reports today.

The Latvian National Library (LNB), designed by renowned architect Gunars Birkerts, is still important and should be built, the architects, surveyed by LETA, believe.

The Swedish construction concern "Skanska" is selling all of its properties in Latvia, according to the company^apostrofs;s press release.

In six months this year, the state-owned joint-stock energy company "Latvenergo" has invested LVL 24 million in the development of the company which meet the planned investment amounts, "Latvenergo" board deputy chairman Aigars Melko told...

The joint-stock gas company "Latvijas gaze" (LG) this morning has partly discontinued supply of natural gas to the Daugavpils heating company "Daugavpils siltumtikli" due to overdue payments, LG press secretary Vinsents Makaris informed LETA.

The Riga City Council^apostrofs;s Administrative Commission decided today to impose administrative penalties against the builders of the "Stockmann" department center in downtown Riga for violations during construction of the complex.

The new owners of the "Valdemara centrs Ltd." office building are family members of the Russian pop star Alsou, newspaper "Telegraf" reports today.