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All three Baltic states started 2026 with smaller populations than a year earlier. Latvia saw the steepest drop, Lithuania the mildest, while Estonia stood in between but with a sharper structural shift: after more than a decade, net…
PhotoQ1 2026 revealed a clear divergence across Baltic ports. Latvia recorded broad-based contraction, Klaipėda posted strong growth, while Tallinn showed a winter-affected but structurally more stable pattern. The gap is visible in both total volumes and container performance,…
PhotoInflation in the Baltic states remained far below the crisis peaks of 2022-2023 in the first quarter of 2026, but the regional picture no longer moved in one simple pattern. Latvia started the quarter with the softest price…
PhotoFebruary 2026 trade data from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia point to a broader regional shift rather than a one-month fluctuation. Goods trade remained in deficit across all three economies, while pressure was concentrated in mineral products, wood, agricultural…
PhotoairBaltic has appointed Seabury Securities LLC and Seabury Securities (UK) Ltd. as strategic and financial adviser at a time of mounting financial pressure. With its IPO paused, a short-term state loan put forward and additional funding still needed,…
PhotoFuel became one of the key inflation drivers across the Baltics in March, but it entered the data in different ways. In Latvia, the shock appeared most clearly through a separate jump in retail fuel prices. In Estonia,…
PhotoFebruary widened the industrial gap inside the Baltics rather than narrowing it. Lithuania posted the strongest result, combining annual growth with positive monthly momentum. Latvia kept total industry in positive territory, but mostly because of a sharp rise…
PhotoSOK has agreed to sell Prisma Peremarket (13 stores, ~700 employees) to Coop Estonia, with the deal expected to close in 2026 subject to regulatory approval, marking the exit of S Group from direct retail operations in Estonia.…
PhotoEstonia’s Ministry of Climate has published a modelling study outlining how the electricity system in Estonia, the Baltic states and Finland could develop through 2050. The document is not a forecast, but a structured set of scenarios testing…
PhotoBaltic electricity market in March 2026 Seasonally lower demand together with higher renewable generation drove electricity prices down across the Baltic states in March. According to AST, the average Baltic power price fell by 53.09% month on month…
PhotoLithuania currently has the strongest published GDP growth forecast in the Baltics for 2026, while Estonia expects a slower recovery under tighter fiscal pressure. In Latvia, the central bank’s latest Saeima material focuses less on headline growth and…
PhotoDFDS will increase capacity on the Karlshamn–Klaipėda corridor by introducing the RoPax vessel from mid-September 2026, replacing Optima Seaways. The move raises both passenger and freight capacity on one of the key Baltic Sea links between Sweden and…
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