The first cases of bluetongue disease (also known as infectious catarrhal fever) have been confirmed in five dairy cattle farms in southwestern Lithuania, the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) reports. According to the Lithuanian Food and Veterinary Service, the serotype 3 of the bluetongue virus has been detected in these farms – a strain that…
New car registrations rose by over 40% YoY in Latvia and Lithuania in Q3, while in Estonia they fell by more than 40%. An analysis of data from the vehicle registration agencies of Lithuania (Regitra), Latvia (CSDD) and Estonia (Transport Administration) showed that new passenger car registrations in the Baltic States rose by 16.7% in…
Lithuanian long-haul truck drivers have taken to refueling in Estonia, due to diesel excise duties being significantly lower in the northernmost Baltic state at present. Whereas Estonian drivers once tried to refuel across the southern border whenever possible, where fuel was cheaper, the situation is now the reverse. “Diesel excise duty in Estonia is the…
The Hungarian Wizz Air carrier will launch Vilnius-Tallinn flights on December 12. “Work to add new destinations to our flight schedule continues every day,” said Tallinn Airport communications specialist Jane Kallaste. At present, only the Latvian airBaltic airline operates flights between Vilnius and the Estonian capital. The capitals of the three Baltic States have been…
On October 7 morning and evening, the electricity price on the Nord Pool power exchange in Estonia will spike to EUR 800 per megawatt-hour and in Latvia and Lithuania to over EUR 1,100. The average electricity price in Estonia will rise to EUR 181 per megawatt-hour – nearly twice as high as on October 6.…
Energy group Utilitas has connected boiler houses in the border towns of Valga and Valka with a 1.6-kilometer pipeline – the first cross-border district heating link in Europe. The towns of in southern Estonia Valga and Valka in northern Latvia are split in half by the border. Local authorities have been working under the “two…
The Baltic States must urgently agree on a clear financing model for the joint venture AS RB Rail, otherwise the oversight of the Rail Baltica project is at risk, company CEO Marko Kivila and CFO Ojars Daugavietis has told LETA in an interview. Kivila emphasized that this year the company’s budget had essentially not changed,…