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Latvian defense technology gains international recognition as France selects Latvian-made interceptor drone system

Following a multi-vendor evaluation process organized by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), France is set to become the fourth NATO member state in Europe to adopt the BLAZE autonomous [..]

Lexu AI integrates the full European Court of human rights case law database in Latvian

The AI-powered legal research platform Lexu AI has introduced one of the most significant developments in Latvia’s legal technology sector: the platform now provides access to the complete database of [..]

2 developers interested in building data centers in Pärnu County

Renewable energy developer Evecon is planning to build a data center near Lihula with electricity consumption of up to 100 megawatts, while another developer has also expressed interest in building [..]

Latvia’s deep tech ecosystem makes a strong mark in Amsterdam

With more than 75 entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, innovation support organisations, and ecosystem stakeholders taking part, Latvia last week successfully concluded its participation in one of the world’s leading deep tech [..]

New Rail Baltica underpass to connect Tallinn’s Ülemiste and Lasnamäe

A new tunnel will be built to connect Tallinn’s Lasnamäe and Ülemiste City as part of the Rail Baltica project for €9.8 million and the first phase will be completed [..]

Latvia showcases strongest-ever presence at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris

More than 30 Latvian companies, industry organizations and public institutions are representing Latvia at Eurosatory 2026, one of the world’s most important defence, security and dual-use technology exhibitions, which opens [..]

Emergency Response Center wants to introduce two-way video calls

The Emergency Response Center wants to introduce video calls to help better understand the situation at the scene of an incident, and the Ministry of the Interior is looking for [..]

Lithuania gears up to dismantle Chornobyl-type reactors – for the first time in the world

By Marius Jokūbaitis, LRT RADIJAS, LRT.lt. Lithuania’s is preparing to dismantle the RBMK-type reactor cores of the Ignalina nuclear plant – the same ones as in the Chornobyl plant. No [..]

Government unveils new Estonian drone roadmap

The Estonian government unveiled a drone roadmap aimed at expanding counter-drone capabilities, easing testing rules and speeding up adoption across defense and the economy. In late April, the government greenlit [..]

Vilnius yellow air alert lifted after radar contact identified as weather balloon

A yellow-level air threat alert issued for Vilnius county on Saturday morning has been lifted after the object that triggered it was identified as a weather balloon that had drifted [..]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Estonia for NB8 summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be in Tallinn on Tuesday to attend the Nordic-Baltic cooperation summit and meet with President Alar Karis. The summit, hosted by Estonia, which holds the [..]

More than 30 Latvian companies to participate in Europe’s leading defence technology exhibition, EUROSATORY 2026

One of the world’s most influential defence, security, and dual-use technology exhibitions, EUROSATORY 2026, will open in Paris on 15 June. The event will bring together more than 2,100 companies [..]

Latvian companies increasingly use the national economic representation network to expand into foreign markets

Strong interest in the Business Matchmaking Event held during Economic Representatives Week highlights the growing demand for practical export support. This week, representatives from 148 Latvian companies participated in 417 [..]

Latvijas Banka is issuing a licence to SIA Fibonatix (LV) to operate as a payment institution

On 11 June, the Supervision Committee of Latvijas Banka issued a licence to SIA Fibonatix (LV) to operate as a payment institution. The licence authorises the company to provide payment [..]

Tallinn erects modular bomb shelter in the heart of the city

Tallinn on Thursday installed a modular shelter in the green area at Juhkentali 10, the first shelter of its kind to be placed in public urban space in Estonia. The [..]

Marius Galdikas elected chair of the Lithuanian Fintech Association

Marius Galdikas has been elected Chair of the Board of the Lithuanian Fintech Association (LFA), succeeding Asta Grigaitytė, who had held the position since 2022. Marius Galdikas is the CEO [..]

Lithuania mulls new levy on employers to fund migrant worker protection

By Edgaras Savickas, LRT.lt. Lithuania is debating whether to create a dedicated fund to support exploited migrant workers, financed by a new charge on employers who recruit staff from abroad [..]

Estonian agency turns to TikTok and Roblox in attempt to reach troubled youth

The Education and Youth Board (Harno) wants to reach troubled young people through social media, online games and forum platforms and offer them support. The agency plans to spend nearly [..]

German armoured brigade holds first military exercises in Lithuania

Pabradė, Lithuania (dpa) – The new German armoured brigade stationed in Lithuania on Wednesday completed its first live-fire exercise in the Baltic country. The unit’s commander, Brigadier General Christopher Huber, [..]

Elron to test drone attack response with train passengers on Wednesday

Trains will be stopped on Wednesday afternoon as Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) and Elron practice their response to a drone attack as part of a nationwide exercise. On Wednesday, the [..]

INVESTOR PULSE expands across the Baltics for the first regional retail investor study

The launch of INVESTOR PULSE 2026 marks the start of a Baltic-wide study aimed at providing deeper insight into retail investors’ investment habits, motivations, future expectations and attitudes towards capital [..]

Passenger numbers for Tartu-Helsinki flights show steady growth

Passenger numbers on Finnair flights between Tartu and Helsinki have increased significantly this year due to improved stability, prompting preparations for a new public procurement process to secure the route’s [..]

Auditor General: Latvia’s Rail Baltica delay will end up costing Estonia

Latvia’s inability to complete Rail Baltic construction by the set deadline will inevitably end up costing Estonia as well, Auditor General Janar Holm said. The Riigikogu Anti-Corruption Select Committee discussed [..]

Lithuania raced to embrace self-driving car. Eight years on, it’s waiting for breakthrough

Lithuania was among the first countries in Europe to establish a legal framework for testing autonomous vehicles on public roads, back in 2018. It signalled the country’s ambitions as an [..]

Should algorithms dictate the price for gig workers? Lithuanian government is divided

By Edgaras Savickas, LRT.lt. A row has broken out in Lithuania over who should set the price of a ride or a food delivery – a human being or a [..]

Finland wraps probe into cable damage in Estonia’s economic waters

Finnish authorities have wrapped up a probe into damage to two undersea telecom cables in the Baltic Sea late last year, including one in Estonia’s economic waters. Finnish authorities detained [..]

MP: Riigikogu to vote on speed camera warning sign bill before midsummer

The Riigikogu is “likely” to pass a law which will require warning signs to be placed ahead of mobile speed cameras before the midsummer break, one of the bill’s sponsors [..]

For the first time ever Vilnius airport overtakes Riga

For the first time in the country’s history, Vilnius Airport has surpassed Riga Airport in monthly passenger numbers. “More passengers boarded and disembarked at Vilnius Airport than at Riga Airport [..]

Lithuanian govt moves to reshuffle coalition, kick out populists

By Jurga Bakaitė, LRT.lt. Lithuania’s social democrats voted Saturday to reshuffle the governing coalition by kicking out the controversial Nemunas Dawn populist party and inviting Democrats “For Lithuania”. “We can [..]

Five Lithuanian restaurants awarded Michelin stars in updated guide

By Jonas Deveikis, LRT.lt. Five Lithuanian restaurants have been awarded one Michelin star each in the guide’s updated list, with a further 31 establishments recommended by Michelin inspectors. Two restaurants [..]

Intel: Russia’s Baltic Fleet air defense capabilities significantly reduced after Ukraine attacks

Russia’s Baltic Fleet has lost around a third of its medium-range air defense capabilities after Ukraine’s recent long-range attacks, Estonian military intelligence said Friday. Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the [..]

Latvijas Banka has issued an authorisation to provide crypto-asset services to AS TWINO Investments

Latvijas Banka has issued an authorisation to provide crypto-asset services to the investment firm AS TWINO Investments in accordance with the requirements established in the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). [..]

Arkia Israeli Airlines launches Vilnius-Tel Aviv flights

Lithuanian Airports (LTOU) announced that on 21 May, a new airline – Arkia Israeli Airlines – started operations at Vilnius Airport. One of Israel’s largest airlines, which will operate regular [..]

Riga hosts global Aftercare Forum as investment agencies focus on the role of technology in driving competitiveness and long-term relationships with investors

Around 90 investment promotion, economic development and investment professionals from 20 countries are gathering in Riga this week from June 3-5 for the 2026 Aftercare Forum, the world’s only international [..]

Swedish parliament approves prison leasing agreement with Estonia

The Swedish Riksdag ratified a prison leasing agreement with Estonia, an important milestone to ease Sweden’s domestic overcrowding and preserve operations at Tartu Prison. According to Estonian Minister of Justice [..]

Sunly and Rolls-Royce sign largest battery storage deal across Baltics

Sunly, one of the Baltics’ fastest-growing renewable energy platforms, and Rolls-Royce Power Systems have signed contracts to build four utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Latvia with a combined [..]

Action guidelines developed in case of cell broadcast alerts in Latvia

The Crisis Management Centre, in cooperation with relevant agencies and field ministries, has developed the “Action Guidelines for Public Administration and Municipal Institutions, Essential Service Providers, Legal Entities and Other [..]

A third of Tallinn schools want to start the school day before 9 a.m.

As of early June, nearly 20 Tallinn municipal schools want to start the school day earlier in the coming academic year than permitted under a Ministry of Education regulation requiring [..]

Signet Bank provides EUR 6.4 million financing for the development of multifunctional cargo terminal Agro Terminal Riga

Signet Bank has provided EUR 6.4 million in financing to Agro Terminal Riga, one of Latvia’s longest-established stevedoring companies operating in the Port of Riga since 1990. The financing will [..]

Exclusive footage from Cannes – behind the scenes of the world premiere of the Latvian film “Ulya” through the eyes of photographer Agnese Zeltiņa

A look back at the world premiere of Latvian film “Ulya” by Viesturs Kairišs in Cannes – photographer Agnese Zeltiņa shares the most vivid moments of the film’s creative team [..]

A €2 million rental building completed on Hiiumaa through public-private partnership

Built through a collaboration between Hiiumaa municipality and a private investor, the harbour rental building has brought 23 modern apartments to Kõrgessaare village,offering much-needed relief to the island’s long-standing housing [..]

Men dominate Lithuanian textbooks while women are cast as teachers, milkmaids and nuns

By Aida Murauskaitė, LRT.lt. A review of newly published Lithuanian schoolbooks has found that men vastly outnumber women across subjects, with female characters confined to a narrow range of stereotypical [..]

“Beyond Borders”: Baltics emerge as a competitive innovation region, while scale and commercialisation remain key challenge

“Beyond Borders: Investment & Innovation in the Baltics”, a high-level forum held in Riga on 28 May 2026, concluded that the Baltic states have genuine competitive strengths in several strategic [..]

With an investment of more than 500 million euros, Brocēni plans to develop climate-neutral cement production

With the support of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA), SCHWENK Latvia’s “Brocēni CC” project has become the first European Union-approved strategic climate-neutral industrial project in the Baltics. [..]

Wage growth is slowing at a surprisingly rapid pace

The latest data from Latvia’s Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that the average gross monthly wage reached €1,831 in the first quarter of this year, only 4.2% higher than a [..]

Price of electricity nears €400 Monday evening

The average electricity price on Monday in Estonia’s bidding area on the Nord Pool power exchange is nearly €134 per megawatt-hour. In the evening, the price will rise to €385 [..]

Invisible and uncounted: being deafblind in Lithuania

By Karolina Aleknavičė, LRT.lt. A country’s attitude towards its deafblind citizens is a measure of how advanced it truly is, says specialist educator Dalia Taurienė. By that measure, Lithuania has [..]

Estonia becomes third EU country to allow self-driving cars on its roads

Estonia has become the third country in Europe to allow cars with self-driving systems on its roads, following the Netherlands and Lithuania. Within the next few months, drivers of newer [..]

Estonia installs first counter-drone systems on its border with Russia

The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) has installed the first section of fixed counter-drone detection and surveillance systems on Estonia’s eastern border. The entire border with Russia is set [..]

Tragedy on Denali: three Latvian mountaineers lose their lives in Alaska

The Latvian mountaineering community has been struck by tragedy following a fatal accident on Denali, North America’s highest peak, in Alaska. Three experienced Latvian climbers — Inese Pučeka, Vija Olte, [..]

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