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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...
Latvia
Court fees to increase 43% on average
Court fees will increase by 43 percent on the average, according to amendments to the Cabinet regulation on services provided by courts, the amount...
Estonia
Fixed home loan interest rates could become cheaper than floating rates
Although last week alone, the security filters of Telia Estonia blocked nearly a million cyberattacks from assets located mainly in the United States, Poland...
Estonia
Telia survey: Growing numbers of Estonian businesses consider cyber attack unlikely
Although last week alone, the security filters of Telia Estonia blocked nearly a million cyberattacks from assets located mainly in the United States, Poland...
Lithuania
Ryanair opens its 2nd EUR 20 mln MRO hangar at Kaunas...
Ireland's budget airline Ryanair on Tuesday inaugurated its second aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hangar at Lithuania's Kaunas Airport, with the investment totaling...
Latvia
56% of smokers in Latvia do not care where their cigarette...
More than half, or 56 percent, of smokers in Latvia do not care where their cigarette butts end up, representatives of Latvijas Zalais Punkts...
Latvia
PM orders disciplinary inquiry against head of State Chancellery ex-PM Karins’...
Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) has ordered a disciplinary inquiry against State Chancellery Director Janis Citskovskis, according to a statement published in the...
Opinions
Europark Estonia CEO: Free parking may disappear from downtown Tallinn
Due to high land prices, free parking in the city center is becoming a rarity, and from the landowner's perspective, free or very cheap...
Estonia
One of season’s largest cruise ships set to call in Tallinn...
Tallinn's Old City Harbor is expecting visits from three cruise ships this week, including the 330-meter Britannia, which is one of the largest vessels...
Lithuania
Lithuania’s 2nd dual citizenship referendum falls through
Lithuania's second referendum on the expansion of dual citizenship failed on Sunday, just like the first attempt to amend the Constitution five years ago.
The...
Lithuania
History repeats itself as Nauseda, Simonyte get into presidential election runoff
Lithuania will have a new election with the same rivals as Gitanas Nauseda and Ingrida Simonyte get into the presidential election runoff, just as...
Estonia
Estonian govt approves bill seeking to increase land tax
The Estonian government has approved and sent to the parliament a bill seeking to amend the Land Tax Act and increase local governments' decision-making...
Opinions
Estonian law firm: Sugary drinks tax bill runs counter to EU...
An analysis by lawyers at the law firm Sorainen shows that the so-called sugary drinks tax bill runs counter to European Union law.
Consequently, Sorainen...
Opinions
Estonia’s Eesti Energia: Exchange price of electricity to decrease this summer
Increased solar energy production in the Baltics and reduced consumption during the summer will lower electricity exchange prices, although during hours when there is...
Lithuania
Lithuania blocks Kaliningrad-bound train wagon with letter Z from entering
A train wagon with the letter Z painted on it had to be uncoupled from a Kaliningrad-bound train at the Kena railway border checkpoint...
Latvia
Deep Tech Atelier 2024 will take place on May 16th and...
According to the latest "Latvian Productivity Report" data, in 2022, Latvia's productivity level at actual prices was only 59.5% of the EU average, one...