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The new 12-year concession is not a simple story of foreign operators entering Riga. RIX was already internationalised; the real shift is the dilution of the old TAV-centred commercial model. RIX Riga Airport has selected new long-term operators…
PhotoThe cabinet led by Andris Kulbergs is not entering a normal political cycle. Its declaration reads less like a broad reform programme and more like a crisis-management document: security, fiscal restraint, tighter procurement oversight and direct control over…
PhotoMore than 600,000 Lithuanian real-estate register records, including personal identification codes, were allegedly copied after unauthorised users accessed the Register Centre through accounts linked to the Migration Department.
PhotoLatvia-registered Coffee Address Holding has acquired the remaining 25% in Romania’s Eur Comtur S.R.L., bringing its ownership to 100%.
PhotoLatvia’s anti-corruption authority KNAB said on 21 May that it is investigating possible unlawful advantages granted to selected medical goods suppliers in four hospital procurements.
PhotoPeriod: 10–17 May 2026 This week’s Baltic signals are better read through capacity than through a country ranking. The question is not which Baltic economy looked strongest. The more useful question is what each small system showed about…
PhotoGerman drone manufacturer Quantum Systems has notified Estonia’s Competition Authority of its plan to acquire SensusQ, an Estonian defence-tech company focused on AI-enabled intelligence and battlefield data systems.
PhotoLithuania is preparing to tighten gambling regulation at a moment when gambling is becoming part of a broader household-finance and regional-market question. The Finance Ministry plans to submit amendments to the Gambling Law during the Seimas spring session.…
PhotoLatvia’s government has collapsed five months before the next parliamentary election. Formally, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa announced her resignation after the coalition lost its political capacity to continue. In substance, the fall came after two shocks converged: a…
PhotoLithuania returned to international capital markets on 13 May with a new €1bn 7.5-year Eurobond issue, bringing its total Eurobond borrowing this year to €3bn.
PhotoStorent’s 35% revenue growth is real, but it is not a simple Baltic market growth figure. The company’s 2025 pro-forma results combine Baltic performance, the U.S. acquisition of Connect Rentals, bond-financed expansion and a wider shift in the…
PhotoIn December 2024, the Latvian government changed Rail Baltica priorities because the project no longer had funding for everything. According to the service investigation discussed by the Cabinet last Tuesday, that decision should have stopped or at least…
PhotoLithuania moved ahead in passenger traffic, Riga retained its cargo advantage, and Tallinn continued reshaping its route map through low-cost expansion.
PhotoEesti Pank is calling for a cross-party debt anchor while Estonia’s public debt remains the lowest in the Baltics. Latvia and Lithuania show why the warning matters beyond Estonia.
PhotoLatvia’s Competition Council has fined the official Baltic distributor of JURA coffee machines and two Latvian retailers a total of €512,100.17 for maintaining a unified retail price level for JURA products in Latvia over several years.
PhotoProsecutors are examining whether Paluckas and his wife acquired almost €345,000 in assets from income that could not be legally justified. Lithuania’s parliament has lifted the legal immunity of former prime minister and former Social Democratic leader Gintautas…
PhotoEstonia is preparing a new international government bond issue, but the most important signal is not only the borrowing itself. For the first time, the country plans to issue international government bonds under Estonian law, register them with…
PhotoIn late April, Latvia and Lithuania received almost simultaneous sovereign rating decisions from Fitch Ratings. Latvia was affirmed at A- with a stable outlook, while Lithuania was upgraded to A+. Estonia, whose A+ rating had been affirmed earlier,…
PhotoLatvia’s tourism export reached €1.39bn in 2025, up 9.9% from 2024 and 53.6% above the pre-pandemic level of 2019. The figure is based on the balance-of-payments item “travel”, which measures foreign travellers’ spending in Latvia, excluding international transport…
PhotoLatvia’s bread producers say the domestic market is slowly shrinking as demographics, changing food habits, retail bake-off formats and rising costs reshape one of the country’s most traditional food sectors. Latvia’s bread market is becoming smaller, but not…
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