The real estate market in Latvia has picked up, and Estonian developers are taking the lead in many new projects. While construction costs in Latvia are similar to those seen in Estonia, land in Riga is significantly cheaper, and planning procedures often take less time. Ongoing and planned real estate developments in Latvia come to…
Lithuania, along with Latvia, Estonia and Poland, plans to ask the European Commission to delay regulations set to “dramatically” raise the cost of fossil fuel-based fuels starting in 2028, Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has reported. “We’re talking with the Baltic prime ministers, and Poland has also expressed interest and asked the European Commission to postpone…
Vilnius would seek EU funding for a power link with Germany, Lithuanian Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas said on April 17. The high-capacity power cable will connect Germany with either Latvia or Lithuania until 2035-2037. “This interconnection should appear on the European infrastructure map,” Vaiciunas told the Ziniu Radijas radio station. “Of course, this involves a…
Latvian state-owned airline airBaltic is definitely worthy of praise and support in keeping air links to all three Baltic States running, Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) has said, though he stopped short of saying this support from Estonia should be financial too. airBaltic posted losses over EUR 100 million for 2024. The Latvian government is…
Public transport providers at the Estonia-Latvia border want to open two cross-border bus routes on a test basis, “Aktuaalne kaamera” reports. Estonia is footing the bill for the routes, at least initially. The routes would run from Parnu-Ikla (Estonia) to Ainazi (Latvia), and the short distance between Valga (Estonia) and Valka (Latvia), essentially one town.…
Lithuania and Estonia have been denied EU funding for their proposed “drone wall” project to protect their borders, the Lithuanian Interior Ministry has said. “Estonian and Lithuanian border authorities had submitted a joint application for EU funding to develop a so-called “drone wall” along the border, but the project was not granted funding,” the ministry…
To mark the recent synchronization of the Baltic energy system with Europe and disconnection from the grid controlled by Russia, the mail carriers and transmission network operators of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have issued special postage stamps. “The electrical scheme creatively adapted in the postage stamp design symbolizes the unity of the Baltic countries within…