Minister of Regional Development and Local Government Affairs Ivars Gaters recommends suspending construction of the "Sun Stone" business complex in Riga^apostrofs;s Kipsala, in explaining his stance on development of the riverside area.

Losses of more than LVL 70,000 are being estimated for the "Elkor" Group^apostrofs;s clothing chain store "Elkor mode" from the fire at 19 Brivibas Street on Sunday, LETA was informed by the tenant, "Podiums Ltd."...

The State Fire and Rescue Service suspects two causes of the weekend^apostrofs;s fire in a multi-story building at 19 Brivibas Street yesterday.

Anatoly Kruchinin, director general at the metallurgical company "Severstal", said, during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ainars Slesers today, that the Russian company wanted to expand its operations in Latvia considerably.

An additional probe on the impact of the planned cellulose plant on the environment must be carried out as part of implementation of the "Baltic Pulp" project, the newspaper "Dienas Bizness" (DB) reports.

Riga City Council Chairman Gundars Bojars approved of the preparations under way at "Skonto" Center for the 2003 "Eurovision" Song Contest, and pointed out that the area in the vicinity of the center, which is...

In expanding its operations in the Baltic countries, the Finnish company "Sonepar Finland/SLO" (SLO) has bought the Latvian electrical appliances retail company "MG Elektro Ltd.", LETA was informed by the SLO representative Pekka Syrjakari.

Restoration of the historic Kemeri Sanatorium in Jurmala is to be completed by the end of May 2004, when a high-class medical and recreational complex will open, Latvian Privatization Agency (LPA) Director General Arnis Ozolnieks...