Estonia’s state budget took in EUR 8.8 billion in taxes in the first seven months of 2025, up by EUR 912 million YoY, the Ministry of Finance said. Tax receipts rose on the back of labor taxes, rate changes and major transactions before and after hikes. In July alone, EUR 1.3 billion was collected, EUR…
Vilnius will maintain a firm stance on sanctions against Belarus, including restrictions on the transit of Belarusian potash fertilizers, despite possible international pressure, Prime Minister-designate Inga Ruginiene has said. “If we do not continue to push for sanctions and a tough stance on the aggressor, it will be bad. The United States may apply pressure,…
On September 11, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Taras Kachka held talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto and Minister of European Union Affairs Janos Boka during his working visit to Budapest. The main purpose was to discuss topical issues on the bilateral agenda, in particular…
Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Denys Shmyhal and the UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey have agreed to produce Ukraine-developed interceptor drones in the United Kingdom. The agreement signed in London represents a continuation of the commitments between the President of Ukraine and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom regarding the development of…
The Estonian government has decided to appeal a court ruling which halted the planned expansion of a military training area in South Estonia. According to the first tier Tallinn Administrative Court ruling, the government is required to conduct a proper national special planning procedure, together with substantive consideration of different alternatives to the expansion of…
The United States’ decision to lift sanctions on Belarus’s state airline Belavia will be a major test of the backbone of the European Union’s sanctions policy, Lithuania’s foreign minister-designate Kestutis Budrys has said. “This does not mean that the EU will immediately follow suit once the US has made such a decision. It will be…
The Competition Council (KP) has imposed a total of 513,508 euros in fines on the companies Adapteris, Alpex, Infrakom, Siltumtehserviss and Apkure IM for participating in a cartel of engineering-utilities construction firms. Acting KP Chair Ieva Smite told a press conference that the uncovered cartel consisted of two groups: a Riga group (Adapteris, Alpex, Infrakom)…