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The Baltics entered October with two economic stories running in parallel. Private and EU-backed investment continues to add industrial and energy capacity, while governments face a structurally heavier bill for defence and infrastructure. Debt is not yet a…
Lithuania’s mass withdrawal from the second pension pillar has revived familiar concerns about financial literacy, short-term consumption and inadequate retirement savings. SEB’s latest pension study describes the first half of 2026 as a financial-literacy “exam” and reports that…
PhotoLithuania has already locked in a broad package of additional taxes. Estonia enters 2027 after two years of higher taxes, selected benefit restrictions and higher user charges, while putting more of the next adjustment on the expenditure side.…
PhotoLatvia has allocated €3.2 million in public funding this year for measures promoting investment and exports. Meanwhile, MiTek Industries, part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group, says its new Latvian company has spent four months trying to obtain…
PhotoTThis week airBaltic’s Chapter 11 reaches its next important checkpoint. Objections to the final DIP financing order are due on October 2, ahead of the final hearing on October 9 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern…
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