Current Pulse
European Union
EU makes progress in ensuring secure and affordable energy for all
The EU has withstood critical risks to its security of energy supply, regained control over the energy market and prices, and accelerated the transition towards...
Latvia
Navalny Foundation film casts shadow over Latvian prosecutor’s office
In their latest film, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, founded by Aleksei Navalny, focuses on the assault suffered by their Lithuanian activist comrade Leonid Volkov. The...
Latvia
Latvia to hand over tracked armored vehicles once purchased from UK...
Latvia will deliver to Ukraine the CVR(T) combat reconnaissance tracked armored vehicles purchased from the UK, the Press Department of the Latvian Ministry of...
Estonia
Elron: Tartu-Riga train route not to be opened in October
The certification of Stadler Flirt trains to run on Latvian railways, which is taking longer than planned, has postponed the opening of the Tartu-Riga...
Lithuania
Lithuania’s Ignitis Group eyes participation in 2nd Baltic Sea offshore wind...
Ignitis Group, Lithuania's state-owned energy group, still does not rule out participating in the second 700 MW offshore wind park tender in Lithuania, its...
Estonia
Immunity to diphtheria has fallen to critical level in Estonia
The Estonian Health Board said on Friday that although an effective vaccine against diphtheria has been available since the 1940s, immunization coverage in Estonia...
Lithuania
Lithuania’s Novaturas Group sees revenue drop 7 pct to EUR 130...
The group of Novaturas, the leading tour operator in the Baltic countries, posted 129.5 million euros in revenue for January-August, a drop of 7...
Lithuania
Ship with Russian ammonium nitrate will be unloaded elsewhere – Klaipeda...
Ruby, a ship carrying Russian ammonium nitrate, will unload its explosive cargo at another port, and then a decision will be made whether to...
Latvia
Finance Latvia Association does not support the proposed windfall tax on...
Finance Latvia Association does not support the proposed windfall tax on banks, as the association's representatives informed LETA.
However, while respecting the right of the...
Estonia
Customs officials discover nearly 600 violations on Estonian-Russian border in 1...
The Estonian Tax and Customs Board has discovered a total of nearly 600 violations since switching to full customs checks at the border crossing...
Lithuania
TT-Line launches ferry line between Lithuania’s Klaipeda, Germany’s Travemunde
TT-Line, a German ferry company that has been operating in Lithuania's Klaipeda for the past six years, launched a direct new ferry line between...
Estonia
Estonian parlt approves agreement on double taxation avoidance with Qatar
The Estonian parliament adopted a bill on Wednesday concerning the ratification of an agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent tax evasion and hinder...
Guardian
Estonian businessman Leedo’s final statement in court: Not possible to steal...
Estonian businessman Vjatšeslav Leedo said in his final statement in Pärnu County Court on Wednesday that the money that moved out of his shipping...
Interviews
Aviation expert Toomas Peterson: Securing Air Baltic’s future requires involving a...
Journalist’s Ain Alvela interview with an aviation expert Toomas Peterson, who thinks that involving a core investor should help alleviate the company’s financial concerns, enable...
Estonia
American pop band The Jacksons to perform at Õllesummer festival in...
One of the world's most famous musical ensembles, The Jackson 5, also known as The Jacksons, will perform for the first time in Estonia...
Guardian
Former Swedbank CEO jailed for ‘swindling’ in Estonia money laundering case
A Swedish appellate court on Tuesday sentenced the former chief executive of Swedbank to 15 months in prison for deceiving investors about the bank's...
Latvia
VAT on fresh fruit and vegetables native to Latvia will remain...
The value added tax (VAT) rate for fresh fruit, berries and vegetables native to Latvia will remain at 12 percent in the next years...
Latvia
Health minister seeks to activate health tourism and student exchanges with...
Latvian Health Minister Hosams Abu Meri (New Unity) today met with the new United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Latvia Noora Juma to discuss...
Latvia
Russia testing NATO’s readiness to guard their borders – Podalyak
Commenting on the crash of a Russian drone on Latvian territory, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said on...
Latvia
Bertans officially joins BC Dubai
Latvian forward Davis Bertans has officially signed with Emirati basketball club Dubai, which will compete in the ABA League, the club announced on Tuesday.
"We...
Estonia
Staff from Transport Administration inspecting foreign ships in Estonian ports
From Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, ship inspectors from the Estonian Transport Administration will check the requirements related to maritime working conditions on foreign-flagged...
Lithuania
Financial Times: TPG in talks to buy stake in Lithuania’s Vinted
TPG, a US private equity group, is in talks to acquire a stake in Vinted, a Lithunian online peer-to-peer platform second-hand fashion platform, valuing...
Lithuania
2,500 km hydrogen corridor to connect six Baltic Sea countries by...
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany should be connected by a 2,500-km green hydrogen corridor by 2040 and it should be used to...
Latvia
Lithuanian president: drone incident in Latvia shows need to beef up...
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda condemned violations of NATO airspace by the aggressor and called for strengthening air defense in the Baltic countries following the...
Estonia
University of Tartu, Cybernetica to train knowledge transfer doctoral students
The University of Tartu and Estonian IT company Cybernetica have signed an agreement to train knowledge transfer doctoral students, aiming to find research-based solutions...
Estonia
CVKeskus survey: Best salaries in Estonia offered to doctors
In terms of popular job positions, the highest salary was offered in Estonia this year to doctors, who have taken overtaken IT specialists in...
Lithuania
Lithuania records increased air pollution due to burning forests in Belarus
Lithuania recorded increased particulate air pollution on Saturday, and the country's Environmental Protection Agency said it was due to burning forests and peatbogs in...
Guardian
Some domains used by Russia to meddle in US election paid...
Some of the US law enforcement-seized Internet domains, allegedly used to secure Russia's preferred outcome in the US presidential election, were paid for using...
Lithuania
Play Airlines to operate twice-weekly Vilnius-Reykjavik flights from next year
Iceland's low-cost carrier Play Airlines is set to increase its flight frequency between Vilnius and Reykjavik to twice a week starting in mid-May next...
World
Secretary General in Oslo, welcomes Norway’s long-term commitment to Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo on Friday (6 September 2024), to discuss continued support...
European Union
How digitalised have the EU’s enterprises become?
In 2023, 59% of EU enterprises reached at least basic level of digital intensity. Of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), 58% reached at least basic level of digital...
Guardian
Anti-corruption bureau’s probe fails to find evidence of Putin’s alleged payments...
A probe started by the Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) in 2022 has failed to find evidence to support public allegations that Russian President Vladimir...
Latvia
Public media watchdog instructs LTV7 to provide all content in Latvian...
The Public Electronic Mass Media Council (SEPLP) on Thursday approved amendments to the Minorities Multimedia Platform Concept, obliging LTV7 public service TV channel to...
Latvia
Riga has lost its leading position among the Baltic capitals in...
Riga, which used to be the leader among the Baltic capitals in the number of overnight stays by foreign guests, has now lost this...
Lithuania
Tesla opens its 1st pop-up store in Lithuania
US electric car giant Tesla has opened its first pop-up store in Lithuania, the company said on Thursday.
The Tesla pop-up has been opened at...
Lithuania
Inspired by Poland, Lithuania aims to boost defense budget to over...
Lithuania, inspired by Poland's example, aims to allocate more than 3 percent of its GDP to defense, President Gitanas Nauseda said in Warsaw on...
Estonia
Tallinn Airport’s route development team among the world’s best
Tallinn Airport has been nominated as one of the top five airports in the world with fewer than five million passengers, and the winner...
Estonia
Russia may have interfered with work of US spy drone in...
The Ministry of Defense confirmed to the Rus.Postimees Russian-language portal of the daily Postimees information about problems with a US Air Force drone in...
Latvia
Transport Minister’s communication on airBaltic has been complete “failure” – president
The communication of Transport Minister Kaspars Briskens (Progressives) on the issue of the Latvian national airline airBaltic has absolutely "failed", Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics...
Guardian
AS Terminal: Unlawful state aid distorting Estonia’s fuel market
Fuel seller AS Terminal turned to the European Commission last month, requesting an investigation into unlawful state aid provided by the Estonian government, which...
Lithuania
Telia to lay off 400 employees in Lithuania
Sweden's Telia Company is set to lay off around 400 employees in Lithuania as part of the streamlining of its operating model, with 200...
Lithuania
Lithuanian parliament approves Kubilius for European commissioner
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved MEP Andrius Kubilius' nomination for the post of the country's European commissioner.
The motion was passed with 70 votes...
Lithuania
Lithuania legalizes home-distilled vodka production at rural tourism homesteads
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved legislation allowing farmers providing rural tourism services to produce traditional home-distilled vodka.
The amendments to the Law on Alcohol...
Interviews
Rostovskis: It’s time for politicians to hear the entrepreneurs at last
By journalist Inga Karlinska.
Although entrepreneurs and organisations protecting their interests have been actively trying to draw attention of the government and politicians to the...
Estonia
Statistics Estonia: People getting married at increasingly late ages
While in 1993, the share of under-30s among all people getting married was between 60 percent and 70 percent, then in 2023, only 24...
Lithuania
Lithuania ranked 2nd in global prefabricated wooden house exports in 2023
Despite a challenging year, Lithuania was the world's second-largest exporter of prefabricated wooden houses in 2023, with exports of Lithuanian-made buildings with exterior and...
Latvia
National Guard commander concerned about Putin’s slow reaction to situation in...
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's reluctance to take a resolute action in response to Ukrainian forces' incursion in Russia's Kursk region causes concerns, Kaspars Pudans,...
Latvia
airBaltic aims to raise around EUR 300 million via IPO
Latvia's national carrier airBaltic aims to raise around EUR 300 million via an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares, Klavs Vasks, Chairman of...
Estonia
Estonia 200 general assembly elects Kristina Kallas as party leader
At an extraordinary meeting on Saturday, the general assembly of the Estonia 200 party, a junior partner in the government coalition, elected Kristina Kallas...
Lithuania
Vilnius airport’s central square reopens after renovation
Vilnius Airport's central square reopened to passengers and vehicles at 4 a.m. on Thursday, offering three times as many parking spaces – 350 in...