The Michelin Guide Estonia this year recommends 43 restaurants. Five new venues were added to the main selection, while the country’s existing one- and two-star restaurants retained their status. Estonia’s only two-Michelin-star restaurant, 180o by Matthias Diether, retained its status, as did NOA Chef’s Hall, which kept its one Michelin star. The Bib Gourmand list,…
Slovakia is facing one of its most severe droughts in decades, with meteorologists warning that April was the driest since records began in 1881 and farmers increasingly concerned about major crop losses and possible food price increases later this year. Experts from the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute say exceptionally low rainfall between December 2025 and April…
Last year’s rainy summer damaged fields for several strawberry growers, and this year the harvest is expected to be smaller than anticipated. The impact on strawberry prices cannot yet be predicted. At Wiira Farm in Tartu County, strawberries are being grown on around two hectares of land, evenly divided between the Asia and Falco varieties.…
Slovakia emerged as a key focus in the widening extortion case involving German baby food producer HiPP, after authorities confirmed contaminated jars had been placed directly in a local supermarket. According to investigators, the extortion plot specifically targeted a Tesco store in Dunajska Streda, where two jars of baby food were allegedly tampered with and…
The strong mustard-in-a-tube long produced in the central Estonian town of Poltsamaa will end this month after the factory gas been sold. Mustard production is to be moved to a production plant in Latvia and will be marketed under the Felix brand, after parent company Orkla Eesti decided in autumn to sell the Poltsamaa business…
According to data from Eurostat, food prices in the European Union were the highest in Luxembourg in 2024, while Estonia ranked ninth in price levels among the bloc’s 27 countries. Eurostat noted that in Luxembourg, food prices stood at 126% of the EU average, followed by Denmark, Ireland, France, Malta and Austria. Finland ranked seventh…
While dairy prices in Estonia have been falling since late last year, they may bottom out in the months to come. Initially, the price drop could be observed on the shelves with milk pricing alone, but it has spread to other dairy products too. The price of drinking milk has fallen year on year by…