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Latvia
Proposal made for persons working in interior services or military could...
The Ministries of Defense, Interior and Justice are preparing changes to the regulation, which will allow the retirement age of interior affairs officers with...
Estonia
Estonian govt gives green light to unemployment benefit system change
The Estonian government at its sitting on Thursday approved a proposal of the minister of economic affairs and industry to proceed with the changing...
Estonia
Estonian survey: 46 pct of entrepreneurs view economic climate negatively
One-third of Estonian entrepreneurs plan to invest in growth in the coming year, but nearly half rate the current economic climate negatively
The results of...
World
Latvian Ambassador thanks Biden for international leadership of US in countering...
On September 18, the Ambassador of Latvia Elita Kuzma submitted her letter of credence to the President of the United States of America, Jo...
Latvia
Possible blocking of TikTok and Telegram should be decided politically –...
The decision on the possible blocking of the social networks TikTok and Telegram should be political, and for such a solution to be effective,...
Latvia
Four young people die in automobile accident in Gulbene Region
Four young people died in an accident last night in Gulbene Region, LETA was informed at the Vidzeme Regional Department of the State Police.
The...
Lithuania
Luminor upgrades Lithuania’s GDP growth forecast for 2024 to 2.4 pct
Luminor Bank has upgraded its forecast for Lithuania's economic growth and now expects the country's GDP to grow by 2.4 percent this year, up...
Lithuania
Omniva’s new Kaunas logistics center to serve as Baltic gateway to...
Omniva's new 42-million-euro logistics center, opened near Kaunas on Wednesday, marks the group's largest investment and reflects a strong commitment to Lithuania and the...
Latvia
United List asking prime minister to explain government’s actions and decisions...
Opposition party the United List is asking Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) to explain the government's actions and decisions on the national airline...
Estonia
Motor fuel cheapest it has been in the last two years...
Fuel prices in Estonia's gas stations are at their lowest in a long time. Fuel sellers also do not anticipate a price increase in...
European Union
Dombrovskis has a very powerful portfolio in the European Commission –...
The portfolio entrusted to Valdis Dombrovskis at the European Commission (EC) in the area of the economy and productivity is a very influential "heavyweight...
Estonia
Estonia among the world’s top nations in cybersecurity
A recent report by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union ranks Estonia among the top-performing countries in cybersecurity.
The Global Cybersecurity Index assessed Estonia's progress...
Lithuania
Germany’s DATAGROUP opens branch in Lithuania’s Kaunas, to hire 50 people
DATAGROUP, a German IT service company, has recently established a branch in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas, DATAGROUP Operations Lithuania.
Initially, it plans to hire...
Latvia
ReTV and TV4 will continue free terrestrial broadcasting for next two...
The National Council for Electronic Mass Media (NEPLP) informed LETA that ReTV and TV4 will continue free terrestrial broadcasting for the next two years.
NEPLP...
Lithuania
Lithuania’s wholesale electricity price up 3 pct after reactor shutdown in...
The wholesale price of electricity in Lithuania rose by 3 percent to 96 euros per MWh over the past week following the disconnection of...
European Union
A week to raise awareness about sustainable urban mobility
This week, we get things moving by celebrating European Mobility Week. This is the European Commission’s annual flagship awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility,...
Estonia
Estonian parlt committee supports limiting personal searches in land register
The legal affairs committee of the Estonian parliament supported on Monday a bill seeking to limit searches in the land register and sent the...
Latvia
President submits amendments on salary freeze for management and supervisory boards
Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics on Monday signed and sent to the Saeima Presidium amendments to the Law on Governance of Capital Shares of Public...
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...