Estonia

Businessman Mark Lastik facing new criminal case

October 7, 2024

Mark Lastik, the founder of the startup Eurora Solutions in Estonia, is currently only trial for defrauding Enterprise Estonia and squandering tens of millions of euros of investor money. Now [..]

Estonia

Russia puts Estonia’s former formin, police chief on wanted list

May 16, 2024

According to the Russian news agency TASS, Russia has put Estonia’s former police chief Elmar Vaher and former foreign minister Urmas Reinsalu on its wanted list, Postimees reports. Criminal cases [..]

Latvia

Latvian national involved in fraudulent cannabis investment scheme could be extradited to Spain

April 16, 2024

A Latvian national involved in a fraudulent cannabis investment scheme could be extradited to Spain, LETA learned. A joint investigation conducted by several European law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol [..]

Estonia

Estonian IT, Telecommunications Association urges halt on prison law amendments in parlt

February 28, 2024

The Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications is requesting the Ministry of Justice to suspend the handling of a bill seeking to amend the Imprisonment Act, which is scheduled [..]

Lithuania

76 pct of people in Lithuania in favor of dual citizenship

January 16, 2024

Three out of four Lithuanians are in favor of retaining Lithuanian citizenship when people acquire the citizenship of another friendly country, according to a new survey by Spinter for the [..]

Latvia

Uzbek national fined €7,000 for bribing a customs officer €50 to ‘drink tea’

January 8, 2024

The prosecutor’s office has fined an Uzbek citizen 7,000 euros for giving a 50-euro bribe to a customs officer to “drink tea”, LETA has found out. According to the indictment, [..]

Latvia

At least 1,213 Russian citizens face eviction from Latvia due to non-compliance with immigration law

December 28, 2023

At least 1,213 Russian citizens who have failed to comply with the provisions of the immigration law and have not submitted requests for residence permits, will be evicted from Latvia, [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania’s LTG Cargo asks law enforcement to probe transport of luxury cars to Russia

November 7, 2023

LTG Cargo, the freight arm of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), Lithuania’s state-owned railway company, has asked law enforcement to investigate a possible violation of international sanctions in the export [..]

Estonia

Estonian fuel seller Olerex suspected of submitting false information

September 22, 2023

The prosecutor’s office on Thursday brought a suspicion against fuel seller Olerex and its board member Andres Linnas of submitting false information, the Estonian daily Postimees writes. According to the [..]