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PrintyMed founder: I went from a bank call centre to building artificial organs

For many founders, their entrepreneurship journey begins after a stable career in corporate jobs. This was also the story of Jekaterina Romanova, co-founder and CEO of the biotech startup PrintyMed. Having spent 3 years at Citadele Bank – from answering routine customer support requests to consulting on pension investments – she left to pursue her …

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10 Dec 2025

All Latvian council chairpersons to be vetted by January

Most local government officials have already received the state security clearance required by law, and the situation with the remaining ones will be known in January, said Raimonds Čudars (New Unity), Minister of Smart Administration and Regional Development (VARAM), in an interview with Latvian Television’s program “Morning Panorama” on 10th December.

10 Dec 2025

Latvian President: Road toll tax law needs review

Following the adoption of amendments to the Road Use Tax Law in its final reading, several important issues remain that the legislator should reconsider, and therefore a second review of this law is necessary, said President Edgars Rinkēvičs in a post on social media on 9th December.