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Baltic States highlight importance of cross-border infrastructure products

The European Union held a meeting of member state transport ministers on Thursday, and representatives of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania called for sufficient and stable funding from the Connecting Europe [..]

NATO Through Time podcast – NATO’s open door with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga

The NATO Through Time podcast dives deep into NATO’s history, reflecting on how the past influences the present – and future – of the longest-lasting alliance in history. This episode [..]

Commerzbank, Pekao notify authorities of plans to operate in Lithuania

Commerzbank, one of Germany’s largest banks, has informed German and Lithuanian supervisory authorities of its plans to operate in Lithuania, Gediminas Simkus, board chairman of the central Bank of Lithuania, [..]

SEB Global Services expands to Kaunas

The Vilnius-based services center of Sweden’s financial group SEB has opened a technology unit in Kaunas. The Kaunas office currently employs 20 people, but more jobs are planned in response [..]

Pärnu-Uulu section of Via Baltica opens to traffic

The Pärnu-Uulu four-lane road section, which cost 35 million euros, was opened to traffic on the Tallinn-Pärnu-Ikla road on Wednesday, where, according to a traffic study, more than 15,000 vehicles [..]

Ministry links increase in Russian aircraft activity in Baltic region with NATO drills

Lithuania’s Defense Ministry says the recent increase in Russian aircraft activity in the Baltic region has to do with NATO military exercises in Lithuania and the Baltic Sea. “The Russian [..]

Cornerstone to be laid for building of Rail Baltic Ulemiste terminal in Tallinn

On Wednesday, the cornerstone will be laid for the building of the terminal of the Rail Baltic in the Ulemiste area of Tallinn. On this occasion, Magda Kopczynska, director general [..]

Estonia climbs to 6th place in 2024 World Press Freedom Index

Estonia rose by two places to sixth place after Finland in the 2024 edition of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index. Norway continues to top the World [..]

Lux Express to launch night-time bus service between Tartu, Riga

Estonian bus operator Lux Express is launching a night-time bus service between Tartu and Riga from May 1. Every day, a bus departs from Tartu at 11:55 p.m., bringing passengers [..]

Swedish government formally tasks armed forces with preparing for presence in Latvia

The Swedish government has given the armed forces a formal task of planning and preparing for the Swedish contribution of a reduced mechanized battalion to NATO’s forward land forces in [..]

Major Baltic car dealers set up Baltic Sustainable Mobility Alliance

In order to promote the development of electric mobility and reach a level of at least 30 percent in electric mobility by 2028, the largest automotive importers in the Baltic [..]

Baltic insurance market is much more dynamic compared to other European countries – Ergo

Compared to other European countries, the Baltic insurance market is much more dynamic, Ursula Clara Deschka, CEO of Ergo Baltics, told LETA. “The market here is much more dynamic than [..]

Nature Conservation Agency dismisses theory of Latvian bog causing stench in Helsinki

The Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia has dismissed an assumption carried by Finnish and Latvian media that sulphur ponds in Kemeri National Park might be the source of a foul [..]

A glimpse from Lithuania to all three Baltic States

The combined economy of the three Baltic States has not grown since the beginning of 2022. However, according to the changes in gross domestic product (GDP) the paths that the [..]

Estonia welcomes Sweden’s accession to NATO

Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO after depositing its NATO ratification instrument to the US Department of State. Estonia welcomes Sweden’s accession to NATO, Prime Minister Kaja [..]

AirBaltic offers shares to Lithuanian, Estonian govts

Latvia’s national airline airBaltic has offered the Lithuanian and Estonian governments to buy its shares, the Estonian Postimees news website reports. Martin Gauss, the company’s board chairman, told the website [..]

Latvia interested in attracting medical tourists from Monaco – health minister

Latvia is interested in developing health tourism by offering people from Monaco services at Latvian medical institutions, as there is still a great potential for development in this area, Health [..]

Lithuania hosts meeting of Baltic, Nordic agriculture ministers, other officials

The town of Trakai is hosting on Wednesday a meeting of Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish agriculture ministers and other high-level officials. “The aim of the meeting is [..]

Karis: Estonia, Finland assess security situation similarly

Estonian President Alar Karis said at a meeting with outgoing Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Helsinki on Wednesday that Estonia and Finland assess the security situation similarly, which is why [..]

Fitch affirms Estonia at A+, outlook stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Estonia’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at A+ with a stable outlook. Estonia’s A+ ratings reflect strong governance standards and institutions underpinned by EU and [..]

Official: Estonia, Finland can develop defense cooperation also as members of NATO

In their meeting in Tallinn on Thursday, the secretary general of the Estonian Ministry of Defense, Kusti Salm, and his Finnish counterpart Esa Pulkkinen discussed defense cooperation between the two [..]

Lithuania has ambitions to invite Taiwanese bank – Lukauskas

Lithuania has ambitions to invite a Taiwanese bank that could also operate across Europe, Paulius Lukauskas, head of the Lithuanian Trade Representative Office in Taiwan, has said. “The demand for [..]

Increasingly more residents of Latvia stressed out over war in Ukraine and economic situation in Latvia – survey

Increasingly more residents of Latvia feel stressed out over the war in Ukraine and the economic situation in Latvia, according to a survey on the resilience of residents and the [..]

airBaltic Reaches Record High Employee Mark of 2 500

The Latvian national airline, airBaltic, announces that the number of employees at the company has exceeded 2 500, reaching the all-time highest count since the founding of the airline in [..]

NATO jets in Baltic scrambled once to intercept Russian plane

NATO fighter jets, stationed in the Baltic states as part of the NATO air policing mission, were scrambled once last week to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian [..]