Hello,
Im a 36 year old working Telesales professional who works from home in Wales. I actually work for an English company and could work from anywhere in the world as long as I have a desk, A Phone, Phone line and Internet. I am a British Citizan who is very interested in moving to Riga to live and work. Before doing this I have some questions and was hoping that I might be able to get some advice from other people who have moved to Riga to live. I was wondering if anybody knows the cost of calls from Latvia to the UK. As my job requires me to make 100s of phone calls per week. I need to know that the rate of calls to the UK is not much higher than calling the UK from the UK. I know when I lived in Australia it was actually cheaper for me to call the UK than it was to make local calls and wondered if this might be similar in Latvia? Does anybody know the main names of Phone companies so that I might be able to enquire about phone call rates please? If I relocated to Latvia Is it a flat 25% tax rate from my monthly pay? Other than that are there any other deductions that would have to be deducted from my monthly pay? Is it possible to access any English speaking television stations in Latvia? I dont mind if I have to pay for satelite, only concerned that I would be able to access. Also could someone please advise the cost of say a 1 bedroom flat in the city centre of Riga. I would be interested in living in an area that is close to Bars, Clubs, Restaurants and Supermarkets. Could anyone please advise of a good area of Riga that offers easy access to all of these? Also if I wanted to learn the local language are there Latvian/English teachers that are easily accesible? All your advice and help will be much appreciated. Thanks Scott