Current Pulse
Estonia
Interest in technology rising among girls
HK Unicorn Squad leader Liis Koser has set herself the challenge of increasing girls' interest in technology, robotics, and natural sciences by designing special...
European Union
European sports stars encourage citizens to vote in European elections
Footballers, football clubs, tennis tournaments, and Paralympians have joined in with the EU’s #UseYourVote campaign ahead of the European Parliament elections on 6-9 June.
Leading...
World
12 killed in airstrikes in Central Gaza as strikes targeting Houthi...
At least a dozen people were killed in two airstrikes Friday in Central Gaza. Two children and four women were among the dead.
Palestinians in...
Estonia
ERR in Kharkiv: Civilians try to keep up a ‘normal’ life...
Residents of the northern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have continued to strive for a type of normal every day living in the face of...
World
ABBA will get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career...
The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song “Waterloo,” are set to...
Latvia
Latvia to require foreign motorists to declare vehicles registered in third...
The Saeima today sent for committee review government approved draft amendments to the Road Traffic Law introducing a requirement for foreign motorists to declare...
Lithuania
Alcohol, tobacco consumption down in Lithuania
One Lithuanian resident aged 15 and over consumed 11 liters of pure (100 percent) alcohol last year, 0.2 liters less than in 2022, according...
Estonia
Some 10 pct of drinking water in Tartu contaminated with bacteria
On Tuesday, water samples were taken from the Sepa drinking water treatment plant in the southern Estonian town of Tartu during water quality monitoring,...
Estonia
Ryanair flight to Paphos leaves 60 passengers stranded at Tallinn Airport
On Monday, 60 passengers were left behind at Tallinn Airport when they missed their Tallinn-Paphos flight due to unusually long queues at check-in, security,...
Estonia
Estonian parlt raises teachers’ salaries
The Estonian parliament on Wednesday adopted the government-initiated amendments to this year's State Budget Act, with which an additional nine million euros will be...
Interviews
Lithuanians and Latvians have turned to old-fashioned sweets
The production of Karvutė (Latvian: Gotina) candy, which was very popular decades ago, is gaining momentum in the Baltics again. The Latvians are leading...
Estonia
Cornerstone to be laid for building of Rail Baltic Ulemiste terminal...
On Wednesday, the cornerstone will be laid for the building of the terminal of the Rail Baltic in the Ulemiste area of Tallinn.
On this...
Latvia
Rinkevics invites King Charles to visit Latvia
Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics on Tuesday met with Great Britain's King Charles III and invited him and the royal family to visit Latvia, presidential...
Estonia
Estonian tax authority: Cash-in-hand pay should be declared too
In the context of the findings of a recent poll by the job portal CV. ee, according to which a large percentage of residents...
Estonia
Survey: Many in Estonia willing to do extra seasonal work without...
An express survey of the Estonian labor market carried out by the job portal CV.ee shows that nearly 30 percent of those surveyed have...
Latvia
Bite Latvija will automatically block calls from phone scammers
Mobile operator Bite Latvija will automatically block calls from phone scammers, the company's representatives told LETA.
The company points out that the anti-call scam solution...
Lithuania
Most Lithuanians don’t miss Russian TV programs, but 14 pct still...
Most people in Lithuania do not miss Russian television programs, but 14 percent still watch them, according to a survey commissioned by the Radio...
Estonia
Law to speed up development of offshore wind, solar parks in...
The Estonian parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the Building Code and other laws, initiated by the government, which is aimed at...
Latvia
United List urges residents to support proposal for reduced VAT rate...
Saeima opposition party United List is calling on residents to support an initiative to reduce value added tax rate for restaurants to 12 percent.
"Latvian...
Latvia
Innovation Club of Latvia, Germany, Estonia and Lithuania urges EC to...
The Innovation Club of Latvia, Germany, Estonia and Lithuania has urged the European Commission (EC) to enhance the digital identity system, Latvian Environmental Protection...
Estonia
Circle K Estonia suspends sale of 98 gasoline due to technical...
As a result of a malfunction at a terminal, Circle K has suspended the dispensing of 98 octane gasoline at its filling stations in...
Lithuania
Lithuania’s fertilizer producer Lifosa plans to resume operations
Lithuania's sanction-hit phosphate fertilizer manufacturer Lifosa said on Monday that it is preparing to restart production after a one-year hiatus, adding that the continuity...
Lithuania
Iceland’s Play Airlines launches Vilnius-Reykjavik flights
Iceland's low-cost Play Airlines launched direct flights between Vilnius and Reykjavik on May 25, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU) said.
"We offer very competitive...
Lithuania
Nauseda vows to refresh his team, wants to keep ‘a few...
Lithuanian President-elect Gitanas Nauseda vows to refresh his team of aides for a new term, but says he wants to keep a few key...
Opinions
The State Must Continue Creating Conditions to Support Science-Intensive Companies
Egita Aizsilniece-Ibema, Head of the Latvian Innovation and Technology Representation in Brussels
Latvia can be proud of its talented and intelligent individuals, both in science...
Estonia
Estonian formin told to repay cost of taking influencer with him...
The committee for oversight over the funding of Estonia's political parties, ERJK, on Thursday discussed the personal advertising of Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna during...
Estonia
Postimees, NGO Toeta Ukrainat collecting donations for Ukrainian children
The daily Postimees and the NGO Toeta Ukrainat are collecting donations to give a bus to the children of Staryi Sambir in Ukraine, which...
Estonia
Russian border guard removes buoys marking fairway from Narva River
The Russian border guard on Thursday night removed from Narva River 24 buoys placed in Estonian waters to mark the fairway.
Eerik Purgel, the head...
Latvia
Latvian prosecutor asks for 4-year jail sentence for Estonian businessman Oleg...
The prosecutor of the Riga Regional Court has asked former Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railways; LDz) CEO Ugis Magonis and Estonian businessman Oleg Ossinovski, who...
Lithuania
Lithuania, Latvia seek designer for joint pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
The office of the Lithuaniuan goverbmebt has launched a design contest for a joint Latvian-Lithuanian pavilion, to be called the Baltic Pavilion, at Expo...
Lithuania
Lithuania mulls buying Iris-T air defense systems from Germany – minister
Lithuania is considering acquiring Iris-T medium-range air defense systems from Germany, Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas said after meeting with his German counterpart Boris...
Lithuania
Lithuanian ministry proposes funding defense via corporate, insurance, excise tax hikes
The Lithuanian Finance Ministry on Tuesday proposed to raise additional funds for defense by increasing the corporate tax rate by one percentage point, hiking...
Lithuania
Ryanair to launch Kaunas-Belfast flights in fall
Ireland's budget airline Ryanair is set to launch regular flights between Lithuania's second-biggest city of Kaunas and Northern Ireland's capital of Belfast next winter...
Latvia
We have kept all our promises to teachers so far –...
The Ministry of Education and Science has fulfilled all the promises made to teachers so far, Minister of Education and Science Anda Caksa (New...
Estonia
Estonian union, Auto Enterprises Association amend agreement on passenger transport
The Estonian Transport Workers' Union and Auto Enterprises Association have signed amendments to the general employment agreement for passenger transport.
Negotiations resulted in new minimum...
Estonia
Opportunities of Japanese market showcased to businesses at Estonian Foreign Ministry
The opportunities offered by and the specifity of the Japanese market were presented to business leaders at the Foreign Ministry in Tallinn, and a...
Latvia
Public election debates must be held in Latvian – president
Public election debates must be held in the Latvian language, President Edgars Rinkevics said on social media Monday.
The president expressed his position, commenting on...
Lithuania
Lithuania’s competition watchdog launched review into Ekspress Grupp, Lrytas deal
Lithuania's competition watchdog, the Competition Council, is starting its review of the acquisition of Lrytas, a Lithuanian company, by Estonia's Ekspress Grupp, which operates...
Estonia
Tallinn’s public transport company opens new control center
Tallinn's public transport company TLT officially opened its new control center, which, according to the company, marks a qualitative leap for the entire TLT...
Estonia
3 cruise ships to call in Tallinn this week
Tallinn's Old City Harbor is to host three cruise ships this week.
The first to arrive on Saturday morning is the 270-meter-long Aurora, sailing under...
Estonia
EKRE extended board criticizes voter turnout for recent EP elections as...
In a statement made on Saturday, the extended board of the opposition Estonian Conservative People's Party (EKRE) encourages people to go to the polls,...
Latvia
Riga to have three Blue Flag beaches this year
This year, the Blue Flag will fly at three Riga beaches: Vecaki, Vakarbulli and, for the first time, Babelitis, confirming the beaches' compliance with...
Latvia
Fantasy Becomes Reality, Filmmaking in Space?
We live in the era of the space science revolution, and many phenomena that are science fiction today will become reality in a few...
Latvia
Ventspils port terminals report 25.9% drop in cargo turnover in first...
In January-April this year, 2.985 million tons of cargo were handled at the terminals of the Port of Ventspils, which is 25.9 percent less...
Latvia
Companies may have to take difficult decisions to cut costs
Companies may have to make unpleasant decisions on cost-cutting, because although inflation is no longer rising significantly, the level of costs has not fallen...
Estonia
Cultural Endowment Fund board green-lights ERR’s new TV house
The state Cultural Endowment Fund's (Kultuurikapital) supervisory board has approved the construction of a new television house to be used by public broadcaster ERR,...
Estonia
Survey: Happiest people in Baltics live in Estonia
The results of the Estonian Social Survey show that residents of Estonia are happier than residents of Latvian and Lithuania, but not nearly as...
Estonia
Russia puts Estonia’s former formin, police chief on wanted list
According to the Russian news agency TASS, Russia has put Estonia's former police chief Elmar Vaher and former foreign minister Urmas Reinsalu on its...
Lithuania
Vilnius plans to buy study for metro or other new public...
Vilnius' municipal public transport company Susisiekimo Paslaugos is planning to purchase an international feasibility study on setting up an underground railway system or other...
Lithuania
4 Percent initiative reps to hand over 50,000 signatures to Lithuanian...
Representatives of the 4 Percent initiative will on Wednesday hand over to Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte a petition with 50,000 signatures, which calls on...