Distrust around Latvian ports – Riga

The Baltic News Network platform reports on September 23rd, 2013 we have to see, that increasing distrust is taking place especially against the Latvian ports.

„The article explains, that: The hysteria of members of Latvian Transit Business Association (LTBA), different experts and some of Saeima deputies regarding any possible involvement in freeport Boards in fear of ruining the entire industry as a result in no longer surprising in any way. The very same people who sit in LTBA also work in the Boards of Latvia’s freeports. They are the same people who largely dictate the agendas of Transport Ministry and its subsidiaries, claims Baltic Association for Transport and Logistics.

BATL representatives comment the concerns over Latvia’s transit industry: “The industry’s competitiveness is definitely improved by the freeports’ forced, technologically expensive investment projects and have investors’ wallets hold up state owned hydro-technological structures’ decommissioning expenses and other multi-million costs? The transit industry’s generated multi-million income’s investment into projects unrelated to the industry (many of which have gone bankrupt or are close to it) strongly “increase” the transit industry’s competitiveness. Weiterlesen


Read about BATLs initiative to divert profits from port activities

Once more we have to read articles on mismanagement and corruption in Latvia and its free ports. The news were brought to our attention by the Baltic News Network – BNN and was published on September 22nd, 2013 we read in Diena.lv, LA.lv, 10minutes.lv, labz.lv, delfi.lv, tvnet.lv and bnn-news.com the following article: „BATL supports the […]


Replace Ventspils Free Port Authority management?

The Riga news portal Baltic News Network reports about plans of BATL to have the Ventspils Free Port Authority management replaced (article published also in Latvian). The very interesting article published on November 4th 2011 reports as follows: „Ventspils Free Port Authority (VFPA) has long been practicing systematic violations and purposeful contra-action towards business interests […]


Lobbying in Riga: the Ventspils Free Port …

The Baltic News Network reports with reference to BATL – the Ventspils Free Port is currently lobbying its companies instead of the interests of Latvia and its economy. In the article published June 9, 2011 BNN reports, that „The Baltic Association of Transport and Logistics (BATL) warns Ventspils Free port administration’s activities against AS Ventspils […]


again in Latvias legal system: judge Melina …

Article published by Ventbunkers Press Service: inf130319-judge-Melina-Ventbunkers-EN You will not be able to image, what we have to read about the latvian legal system. The attacged article says: „Melina’s ruling suggests that this is no longer poor judging.“ – now what does this mean today?


Stepanov tries to steel millions again

as the Baltic News Network reports in three languages in their article dated March 4th, 2013, Mr. Oleg Stepanov seems to try again to steel millions out of LNT – ( = Latvias Naftas Tranzits). Re BNN.


BNN reports success of Meroni-led companies

The article of August 7th, 2012 describes the financial success of companies led the the swiss lawyer Dr. Rudolf Meroni in Latvia. Results are reported for AS Ventbunkers, Ventspils tirdzniecības osta, Ventspils commercial port and Kalija Parks. Full article is reported in the platforms of the BNN network which is available in different languages: English, Latvian […]


Astonishing: Prosecutor General’s Office too weak for Lembergs

Astonishing – yes – almost incredible, what we have to read today in the  English version of BNN-news.com. Obviously there is a big problem in the Latvian law and execution system. This in a country that is part of the European community !


BNN: Strange – Mag. Jakob Hirschbaeck – lawyer of Aivars Lembergs …

BNN reports in an article dated June 27th 2012 about the lawyer of Aivars Lembers – who is testifying against Lembergs. An interesting article, which can be read in Englisch, Latvian and Russian.


AS Ventbunkers: Martins Kveps brutally falsified another Ventbunkers’ Shareholders‘ Meeting with the involvement of Lembergs

AS Ventbunkers issued the following press release about recent illegal activities of lawyer Martins Kveps (article in news portal BNN): Riga, Latvia: On December 28, 2011, an associate of Martins Kveps‘ law firm once again submitted to the Register of Enterprises brutally falsified documents of a Shareholders‘ Meeting, which never took place and which had […]