• May 17, 2025
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First year of Tallinn City Government: targeted reforms and high-impact investments

One year after taking office in April 2024, the Tallinn City Government marks its first full year of work. Over the past year, the city has launched a number of [..]

New residential and commercial buildings planned next to Arsenal Centre

The Tallinn City Government has submitted the detailed plan for the Erika 12 property and its surrounding area in Põhja-Tallinn to the City Council for approval. The purpose of the [..]

Tallinn sets goal to double number of Old Town residents

Researchers say the number of residents in the Old Town has not been this low since the Great Northern War (1700–1721). Now, the capital is setting an ambitious goal to [..]

Tallinn’s Old Town development plan 2025–2035 opens for public discussion

The goal of Tallinn’s Old Town development plan is to create a high-quality living environment where cultural heritage is preserved, and entrepreneurship supports an active cultural life. To achieve these [..]

Tallinn focuses on developing a 15-minute city and enhancing quality of life

Tallinn’s 2025 budget emphasizes the principles of the 15-minute city and an analysis of the spatial distribution of services. This approach enables more efficient planning for new kindergartens, schools, and [..]

Tallinn offering support for installation of lifts in apartment buildings

Tallinn’s property management priorities in 2025 will focus on how to improve energy efficiency in apartment buildings and how to enhance municipal properties, not least in terms of providing subsidies [..]

More than EUR 60 million invested in Riga’s tram infrastructure

The Riga public transport company Rigas Satiksme has invested EUR 60.4 million during the past four years in the reconstruction and renovation of tram infrastructure in the city, the company [..]

New buildings to be erected near Tallinn port

The Tallinn city government has launched a detailed plan to install a park and build a series of modern buildings at the corner of Hobujaama and Ahtri streets in the [..]

City of Tallinn expects US contribution to embassy neighborhood upgrade

Tallinn City Government has submitted a list of streets adjacent to the planned new United States Embassy building which the city government wants to renovate and which it has requested [..]

To stimulate economic activity, people must be brought back to Riga center – mayor

To stimulate economic activity in Riga and reduce the number of empty shop windows in the city center, it is necessary to bring back people to the city center, Riga [..]

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. [..]

Tallinn plans additional tram line to airport

An additional tram line branch will be established at Tallinn Airport by early 2026, allowing trams to pass each other, tighten schedules if necessary, and potentially open an additional tram [..]

SDE leader says govt coalition to look for ways to alleviate housing shortage

Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) Lauri Läänemets said that the ruling coalition is seeking solutions during negotiations to reduce the co-financing required for the renovation of apartment buildings [..]

Major reconstruction work begins on Tallinn’s Lastekodu tänav

On Wednesday, June 26, major reconstruction work will begin on Tallinn’s Lastekodu tänav. The construction work will bring changes to downtown traffic systems and during the later stages, to public [..]

Tallinn to build 14-kilometer linear park

Next week, construction will begin on the first phase of the Putukavail (The Pollinator Highway) project in Tallinn, creating a new pedestrian and cyclist corridor between Ristiku and Sole streets [..]

Big Cleanup in Riga will take place in more than 750 locations

This year’s Big Cleanup in Riga will take place in more than 750 locations, the annual campaign’s spokeswoman Anna Blaua told LETA. One of the central cleanup sites in Riga [..]

Riga City Council hands over 10 hectares of land in Lucavsala Island to Football Federation for construction of national football stadium

Riga City Council on Wednesday decided to transfer more than 10 hectares of land in Lucavsala Island in Riga to the Latvian Football Federation for construction of a national football [..]

Complex of outdoor swimming pools to be built next to Linnahall in Tallinn

The architectural competition for the best layout for the buildings and a seaside promenade of the Kalasadam (Fishers’ Harbor) properties in Tallinn was won by the architectural office Arhitekt Must [..]

Ventspils to develop new industrial park for EUR 17 million

Ventspils City Council at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday approved Ventspils Osta municipal institution’s plan to conclude an agreement with the Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA). The project aims [..]

Tallinn ranks 17th in global quality of life index; Vilnius at 36th and Riga at 88th

Tallinn, Estonia’s capital city, has landed in 17th place among 195 cities worldwide in the Numbeo 2024 Quality of Life Index category. The category assesses various factors affecting quality of [..]

5 cyclist, pedestrian tunnels to be built under railway in Tallinn

In the next three years, up to five new underpasses for pedestrians and cyclists will be built in Tallinn under the railway. Currently, the construction of the Tondi grade-separated intersection [..]

Trucks banned from Riga center

Trucks will be banned from the center of Riga, as Riga City Council’s External Communications Department informed LETA. From now on, trucks will not be allowed on Akmens (Stone) Bridge, [..]

Parking fees could be raised in the center of Riga

Dzineta Innusa, CEO at Riga municipal public transport company Rigas Satiksme, is not ruling out that parking fees could be increased in Riga. Parking fees could be raised in the [..]

Northway Group set to launch construction of Bio City in Vilnius

Northway, a group of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies owned by scientist and entrepreneur Vladas Algirdas Bumelis, is launching the construction of Bio City, the largest biotechnology complex in Europe, in [..]

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Unused pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, lie at the port site in the municipality of Sassnitz. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa Credit: Stefan Sauer/dpa

Nord Stream 2 operator given go-ahead to find new investors

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LMT to distribute Samsung smartphone in Baltics

A DHL cargo plane at the DHL Air Hub, the air freight center at Leipzig / Halle Airport. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa Credit: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Three Ukrainians arrested over planned sabotage for Russia in Germany

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The 1st Baltic Awards – a prestigious award that unites the achievements of the Baltic States in culture and science – was presented in Riga

German police officers carry out checks at the border crossing from Austria near Kiefersfelden. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa Credit: Peter Kneffel/dpa

Germany’s interior minister says border rejections up 45% in a week

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Signet Bank provides EUR 2 million financing for a regionally important company – “Seces koks”

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Fitch Affirms Latvia’s Credit Rating at ‘A-‘

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Lithuanian government approves tax reforms

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GetJet Airlines and Tez Tour sign a new long-term agreement

14 May 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Employees with burning torches stand in front of the Ford plants in Cologne during the first strike. A strike is taking place for the first time at the Ford plants in Cologne. The protest action against planned job cuts at the site with 11,500 employees is to begin on Wednesday morning and last until the end of the night shift on Thursday morning, according to IG Metall. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa Credit: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

Ford workers in Germany’s Cologne strike over planned job cuts

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