Lithuania

Omniva’s new Kaunas logistics center to serve as Baltic gateway to Western markets – CEO

September 19, 2024

Omniva’s new 42-million-euro logistics center, opened near Kaunas on Wednesday, marks the group’s largest investment and reflects a strong commitment to Lithuania and the Baltic region, according to Mart Magi, [..]

Interviews

The food industry caught between two fires – farmers want more, merchants demand cheaper

March 22, 2024

Journalist’s Ain Alvela interview with Sirje Potisepp, the head of the Estonian Food Industry Association. Estonian food industry has throughout history survived through thick and thin, but for a small [..]

Latvia

Latvian-led drone coalition to Ukraine begins to form first packages for shipment

March 21, 2024

The Latvian-initiated drone coalition is starting to form the first packages for shipment to Ukraine, Defense Minister Andris Spruds (Progressives) told TV3 this morning. There are two facets to the [..]

Lithuania

Belarus’ import ban expected to affect only individual Lithuanian companies

March 15, 2024

Business representatives say that Belarus’ ban on a range of imports from Lithuania in retaliation for its closure of two more border checkpoints will only affect individual companies. A spokesman [..]

Latvia

Amount of raw milk supplied by Latvian dairy farmers up 4.9% in February

March 13, 2024

The amount of raw milk supplied by Latvian dairy farmers in February 2024 rose 4.9 percent against the same period a year ago to 63,824 tons, according to the information [..]

Estonia

Estonia’s Omniva: Consolidation expected in logistics sector

February 5, 2024

Sven Kukemelk, head of the international business unit at the Estonian state-owned postal service and logistics company Omniva, said that the past year was challenging in the logistics sector, and [..]

Latvia

Cargo turnover at Riga Port down 18.5% in first nine months

October 16, 2023

The Freeport of Riga handled 14.105 million tons of cargo in the first nine months of 2023, a decrease of 18.5 percent against the corresponding period in 2022, according to [..]