- January 22, 2026
The Insurtech company Balcia has expanded its Management Board with the appointment of Artur Senčenko, General Director of Balcia’s Lithuanian branch. In his new role, he will focus on driving [..]
Latvia’s Ministry of Economics has concluded a year-long time tracking trial, which has resulted in a 12% increase in productivity, faster decision-making, and shorter coordination cycles. The aim of the [..]
By Enrika Gecaitė, Jūratė Anilionytė, Rūta Ribačiauskienė, LRT TV, LRT.lt. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda met with residents of Kapčiamiestis on Thursday amid persevering opposition to a planned military training ground [..]
Signet Banka, a local bank, has granted EUR 6.88 million in financing to AS PUTO, the largest self-service contactless car wash chain in Latvia, supporting the company’s future growth in [..]
Five Latvian nationals were detained overnight by Russian authorities after inadvertently crossing the eastern border over lake ice. After over a week of sub-zero temperatures, from Monday, Lake Peipus (Peipsi [..]
Last year was a year of stabilization and transition in the Latvian housing market, in which buyers became more active again after the previous period of caution, Roberts Reboks, Member [..]
By Edgaras Savickas, LRT.lt. Lithuania has sharply narrowed its crypto sector after the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, or MiCA, took effect, signalling a clear policy choice not to [..]
In Latvia, the issue of waste has long gone beyond containers and sorting rules — it is fundamentally about habits that fail to change. This is precisely why those least [..]
Most of the schools in Estonia where Russian has, until recently, been the main language of instruction, still do not equip children with sufficient Estonian language skills, Minister of Education [..]
Latvia has recently attracted increased attention within Europe’s fintech community, particularly among organisations planning to launch innovative financial services. The interest is driven by a combination of regulatory clarity, structured [..]
By Benas Gerdžiūnas, Austė Sargytė, LRT.lt. America’s seizure of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader marks a new stage in geopolitics. Washington is declaring its return to a 19th-century doctrine of “spheres of [..]
Dozens of illegally parked and abandoned vehicles at Estonia’s southern border crossing with Russia have been removed by the Transport Administration. The government agency started the work at the Koidula [..]
By Benas Gerdžiūnas, LRT.lt. People in Lithuania have noticed construction work taking place almost simultaneously on bridges close to the Belarusian border. The Lithuanian Armed Forces confirmed to LRT.lt that [..]
Finnish police have arrested two crew members of the Fitburg, a cargo ship seized Wednesday over damage to an Estonian–Finnish undersea communications cable. Finnish authorities detained the Fitburg on Wednesday [..]
The government will decide early next year what to do with state-owned Transpordi Varahaldus, which leased planes to Nordica and now holds €25 million. U.S. aviation company Regional One, which [..]
Demand for a high-quality electricity supply and sufficient capacity will increase next year, while public expectations regarding service quality will also continue to grow, Sandis Jansons, Chairman of the Board [..]
Secure payments and fraud prevention have been among the financial sector’s priorities this year, Gita Jursane, Deputy Head of Luminor Bank’s Latvian branch, told LETA. With the new European Union [..]
Ride-hailing platform Bolt introduces its first TapBox self-service screens at Riga Airport in Latvia, allowing passengers to conveniently and quickly order a ride without using the app. This solution greatly [..]
In January–November, new car registrations in Latvia increased by 32.7 percent, outpacing the European Union (EU) average, according to the latest data published by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). [..]
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