Baltic trade in May 2026: energy lifted the headline, but the underlying export picture diverged
Goods exports increased in all three Baltic states in May 2026.
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PhotoairBaltic’s August Test: Can Latvia Demand Commercial Responsibility While Ignoring Its Own Role as Controlling Shareholder?
Asked about airBaltic’s future in a 16 June interview on Latvian Television, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said that the state had to “stop acting as an ATM”. The demand is understandable. airBaltic needs a credible business plan, a…
PhotoBaltic Inflation in Q2 2026: One Region, Three Inflation Architectures
Inflation accelerated across all three Baltic states during the first two months of Q2 2026.
PhotoJune 2026: Baltic electricity market splits into Estonia and the Latvia–Lithuania price cluster
The Estonia–Latvia monthly price gap widened from less than €2/MWh to almost €30/MWh in one year, while Latvia and Lithuania moved as a tight price pair. A material price divergence inside the Baltic electricity market became visible from…
PhotoBaltic industry after May: Latvia’s headline stays stronger, but the sector picture is mixed
April gave Baltic Focus the first detailed regional industry comparison of 2026. May does not overturn that reading. It updates it.
PhotoBaltic Demography 2025: Low Births Keep Natural Decline in Place
Estonia and Latvia have published full-year 2025 demographic data, while Lithuania’s provisional demographic indicators show how the same pressures shaped the country at the turn of 2026.
PhotoBaltic agriculture 2025: Latvia has the eggs, Estonia has the dairy cows, Lithuania has the scale
The Baltic states share a region, but not one agricultural model. Latvia stands out in egg production, Estonia through high-yield dairy cows, while Lithuania has the broadest agricultural scale. The Baltic states are one regional economic space, but…
PhotoBaltic retail split widened in May as Lithuania pulled ahead and Estonia slipped
May retail data show a widening split inside the Baltic consumer market.
PhotoBaltic food price check: cheapest staples still hold, but pressure shifts by category
Comparison vs April 2026.Method: non-promotional prices only.Sources: Rimi + Barbora online retail checks.Focus: lowest visible baseline price, not average basket price. By 30 June, the cheapest visible Baltic food basket was still available, but the picture became less…
PhotoLithuania’s Q1 taxpayer rankings: ORLEN leads overall, banks lead without VAT and excise
Lithuania’s State Tax Inspectorate, VMI, has published its taxpayer rankings for the first quarter of 2026.
PhotoLatvia +10.9%, Lithuania +11.9% in Q1: Baltic house prices rose, but pressure points differed
The data point to three different pressure points:
PhotoLatvia’s LVM cyberattack is no longer just a company incident
Around 7,000 reportedly stolen employee passwords, deleted backups, a possible personal data breach and a state-owned company linked to election-system development: the cyberattack on Latvijas valsts meži (LVM) has moved beyond a normal company-level IT incident.
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