- July 11, 2025
By Viesturs Deksnis. For the first time, Riga hosted the international Drone Summit 2025, a landmark event uniting global leaders in unmanned aerial systems to explore the future of drone [..]
The Latvian information technology (IT) industry should place greater emphasis on exporting services and engaging with global markets, as many companies remain overly reliant on domestic public contracts, Ivo Almanis, [..]
Sunday’s drone strike by Ukraine on Russian airfields hosting strategic bombers most of all affects the longer-term strategic planning by Russia’s general staff, security expert Rainer Saks said. Speaking to [..]
Dear Ukrainians! All day today, recovery efforts have been ongoing in Sumy following yesterday’s Russian ballistic missile strike – the rubble is being cleared. Nearly forty of the injured remain [..]
Article by Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė, Partner at Sorainen & Danas Šniutė, Associate at Sorainen. With Lithuania’s defence budget increasing, the Lithuanian Competition Council (LCC) has identified the defence sector as one [..]
Article authored by Viesturs Deksnis. The Baltic Sea region has been facing a series of growing challenges that highlight its geopolitical significance and the urgent need for enhanced security measures. [..]
By journalist Ain Alvela. On February 9, the Baltic States will disconnect their electricity grid from the Russian and Belarusian networks and join Europe’s unified energy system. This means that [..]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invested a record EUR 233 million in Lithuania in 2024, and it plans to maintain or even increase the level of investments [..]
By journalist Inga Karlinska. The Latvian flag carrier airBaltic recently announced that it is cancelling 4,670 flights this summer. This has affected 67,160 passengers who, because of this decision, are [..]
There is sufficient competition in the banking sector in Latvia, but it would not be proper to claim that it will not expand, LETA was told by the board chairman [..]
Article authored by Viesturs Deksnis. One of Latvia’s largest business delegations visited the United States last autumn, led by Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs. A wide range of businesspeople participated, seeking [..]
Article authored by Viesturs Deksnis. The recent winners of the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA) competition “Idea Cup 2024,” Toms Lazdovskis and Matīss Tazāns, creators of the “MONK ECHO” [..]
The market share of small fuel traders in Latvia has been declining in recent years, says Jānis Viba, board chairman of the Virsi-A energy trading company which runs the Virsi [..]
Authored by journalist Ain Alvela. The construction of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway, designed to connect Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with Europe, has entered the construction phase across all three [..]
Article authored by Viesturs Deksnis. A month ago, the sports portal Sportacentrs.com published an article stating that in the 2024/2025 season, 38 Latvians, including three female coaches, represent teams in [..]
Article by Ain Alvela, Editor of TööstusEST. To meet the climate goals set by the European Union, Estonia’s Ministry of Climate has begun drafting legislation to support the green transition. [..]
Article authored by Viesturs Deksnis. The General Data Protection Regulation brought about many major legal changes in various sectors and businesses, but now another huge challenge has appeared to change [..]
The Independence is a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipėda, and it is distinguished among such vessels because of its workload [..]
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday that the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) has “clearly won” this past weekend’s parliamentary election, adding that a government formed by centre-left political [..]
Marilin Eessalu, executive manager of NGO Estonian Green Movement; Halliki Kreinin, senior researcher at the Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Potsdam (RIFS) Attempts to steer business activities towards more sustainable [..]
Journalist’s Ain Alvela interview with Mikk Marran, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Estonian State Forest Management Centre (RMK), who thinks that the RMK’s development plan is placing [..]
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 the purchase or lease of [..]
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 necessity to improve competitiveness of [..]
Article authored by Viesturs Deksnis. One of the cornerstones in successful entrepreneurship is ability to plan cash flow correctly and supervise the entire playing field. Development of technology has opened [..]
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