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  • July 29, 2025
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Germany’s interior minister says border rejections up 45% in a week

The number of people turned away at the German border has risen by almost half since controls were tightened a week ago. Germany’s new interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, said on [..]

European Commission issues proposed list of safe countries of origin

The European Commission has proposed the creation of an EU-wide list of safe countries of origin to accelerate asylum procedures across the European Union. On Wednesday, the commission announced that [..]

Austria rejects German plans to reject asylum seekers at the border

Austria will not accept asylum seekers turned back at the German border, the Interior Ministry in Vienna told dpa on Sunday after the parties seeking to form Germany’s next coalition [..]

Merkel says irregular migration can’t be solved at internal borders

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has argued that international cooperation, not the closure of internal European borders, is the key to addressing irregular migration. Speaking at a special event during [..]

German police: 6,889 people stopped in border checks in October

Police patrolling Germany’s borders detected 6,889 attempted unauthorized entries in October, Germany’s Federal Police said in a press release on Friday. The figure is very similar to the number of [..]

Nationals from various countries denied entry into Latvia

Several foreign citizens were detained on Latvia’s border on Wednesday and denied entry into the country for security reasons, the National Border Guard informed the LETA News Agency. Among them [..]

Customs officials discover nearly 600 violations on Estonian-Russian border in 1 month

The Estonian Tax and Customs Board has discovered a total of nearly 600 violations since switching to full customs checks at the border crossing points of Narva, Koidula and Luhamaa [..]

Estonia to implement full customs checks on eastern border

Estonia plans to implement full customs checks on its eastern border next week. Prime Minister Kristen Michal stated at a government press conference on Thursday that the number of shipments [..]

Vehicles with Belarusian license plates banned from entering Estonia

On July 1, the European Union ramped up sanctions imposed on Belarus to limit the ability of the Belarusian regime to participate in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and prevent the [..]

Electronic queuing at border would solve problem of car lines – head of Customs Service

An electronic queue at the border would solve the problem of car lines, Raimonds Zukuls, State Revenue Service (VID) Deputy Director General for Customs and head of the Customs Administration, [..]

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 in Lithuania, State Border Guard Service [..]

Smuggled cigarettes worth more than EUR 1 mln found inside Belarusian truck in Lithuania

Customs officers at Lithuania’s Salcininkai border checkpoint have found smuggled cigarettes worth more than one million euros stashed inside a truck from Belarus, the Customs Criminal Service reports on Tuesday. [..]

E-system outage halts truck traffic on Lithuanian-Kaliningrad border – Customs

As Russian media reports that Lithuania is not allowing any trucks to cross the border with Kaliningrad, the spokeswoman for Lithuania’s Customs says the e-document system crashed for more than [..]

Lithuanian natl security commission proposes closing Lavoriskes, Raigardas checkpoints

Lithuania’s National Security Commission has proposed suspending the movement of goods, transport and persons through the Lavoriskes and Raigardas border checkpoints as of March 1, the government said on Tuesday. [..]

Narva border crossing point open only to pedestrians

The Narva border crossing point in northeastern Estonia was closed to vehicle traffic from Thursday, Feb. 01, but it is still possible to cross the Estonian-Russian control line on foot. [..]

Russia interested in opening Kaliningrad crossing, no proposals yet – Lithuanian MFA

Russia is interested in the possibility of opening the Dubki-Rambynas border crossing point but has not yet made any proposals to Lithuania, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has told BNS. “The Ministry [..]

Growing inflow of migrant workers poses threat for Lithuania’s security – 50,000 foreigners have come to work in Lithuania

The growing inflow of foreigners coming to Lithuania for work is a threat to Lithuania’s security, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite says, adding that newcomers are being used as a cover [..]

Six in ten Lithuanians support stricter entry conditions for Belarusians – poll

Six out of ten Lithuanians are in favor of tightening the entry of Belarusian citizens into the country, according to the latest Baltijos Tyrimai survey published by the public broadcaster [..]

Interior Ministry proposes closing Latvian-Russian border crossing points in Vientluli and Pededze

The Latvian Ministry of the Interior has drafted a government decree on the closure of two Latvian-Russian border crossing points – in Vientuli and Pededze, LETA learned. The draft decree [..]

Latvia is ready to close the border with Belarus in case of mass influx of migrants – Rinkevics

Latvia is ready to close its border with Belarus in case of a massive influx of migrants, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said at a meeting with German Defense Minister Boris [..]

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A Lux Express bus traveling from Tallinn to Pärnu was involved in a serious traffic accident on Monday (July 28), injuring approximately 30 people. (Photo: Priit Mürk/ERR)

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LHV demanding damages of €247 million from FIU over banking data access

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LIDO announces ambitious expansion plans

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Lithuanian company signs another contract at German natural gas terminal

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Lithuanian company imports EUR 50 million worth of IT services from Russia

High-rises in Tallinn. Source: Siim Lõvi /ERR

Estonia’s banks following LHV’s claim before taking action

Jeanette Vitasp and Vladimir Mkhitaryan shaking hands after signing the agreement.

Balticovo receives €30 million loan from Nordic Investment Bank for sustainable agriculture project

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Lightyear closes $23M Series B, hits $1B in customer assets and launches AI-powered market intelligence

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Lithuanian border guards did not detect the drone’s entry from Belarus – chief

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