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Tallinn to replace pole-mounted bins

Tallinn’s city government wants to replace the 30-year-old, pole-mounted trash bins with advertising spaces in public places with modern ones, which will cost the city a hefty amount, Postimees reports. [..]

Estonia, Latvia to explore possibilities for production of sustainable aviation fuels

Estonia and Latvia are to study the potential for producing sustainable, meaning more environmentally friendly, aviation fuels in the Baltic Sea region, with the European Commission allocating 200,000 euros to [..]

Packaging: new EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle

The Environment Committee adopted its proposals to make packaging easier to reuse and recycle, to reduce unnecessary packaging and waste, and to promote the use of recycled content. On Tuesday, [..]

Volkswagen Group delivers 45 percent more all-electric vehicles in first 9 months

The Volkswagen Group has systematically continued its transformation in the first nine months of 2023. All-electric deliveries increased by 45 percent to 531,500 vehicles globally, raising the BEV share of [..]

Energy battery parks mark launch of New Generation Lithuania plan – PM

Lithuania’s four battery parks on Wednesday started providing the isolated operation reserve service at their full combined capacity of 200 megawatts (MW). Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says this electricity [..]

Estonian President Alar Karis: Estonia, Latvia must efficiently connect their offshore wind farms

In a meeting with Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Daiga Mierina, Estonian President Alar Karis said that Estonia and Latvia must work together to ensure that the offshore wind energy [..]