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Estonia-based real estate investment group Summus Capital is investing more than €8 million in a new retail property next to Rīga Plaza, one of Riga’s largest shopping centres. The project will add 3,800 square metres of retail space,…
Lithuanian dairy producer Rokiškio sūris has agreed to acquire part of Pieno žvaigždės’ cheese manufacturing facilities in Pasvalys, in a transaction that could enable the buyer to increase its cheese output by more than 50%. The agreement, signed…
Estonian bank Bigbank has launched a public offering of subordinated bonds to retail and professional investors in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The bank aims to raise up to €15 million, with the option to increase the offering to…
Estonian construction and real estate group Merko Ehitus has launched a new residential development in the railway station district of Vilnius through its Lithuanian subsidiary Merko Būstas. The NaujiLinkai project will comprise 301 apartments across four buildings, with…
Lithuanian renewable energy company Sun Investment Group (SIG) and its subsidiary Eternia Solar have disclosed enforcement proceedings involving a solar energy project in Poland. Eiffel Investment Group, acting on behalf of lenders to SIG AssetCo, has initiated enforcement…
Lithuania will introduce stricter controls on food grain shipments from Russia and Belarus from November 16, increasing compliance costs and potentially extending transit times for cargo operators. The new rules, announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and the…
Latvian airline airBaltic has asked a US bankruptcy court for permission to reject leases on three additional Airbus A220-300 aircraft as part of its Chapter 11 restructuring. A motion filed on November 6 with the US Bankruptcy Court…
Latvian financial services group INDEXO plans to raise up to €25.4 million through share offerings in the Baltic states and Sweden, while pursuing a further acquisition of DelfinGroup shares. Under the proposed voluntary takeover bid, INDEXO intends to…
Estonian ticketing group PLG has acquired 100% of Serbia’s Ticket Vision, extending its European operations into the Balkans. The transaction was completed on November 5 and announced on November 9. The acquisition brings Serbia into PLG’s network, which…
Latvia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that unrestricted public access to the personal data of individual shareholders violates the constitutional right to privacy. In its November 9 judgment, the court found that provisions allowing anyone to obtain shareholders’ personal…
Construction of a new €50.3 million cruise terminal in Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda has been suspended after municipal restrictions on heavy vehicles disrupted deliveries of materials to the site. The city introduced a 25-tonne weight limit on roads…
Latvia has opened applications for €14.18 million in investment grants to help agricultural businesses develop renewable energy production and improve energy efficiency. The new funding round, administered by the Rural Support Service (LAD), began on 9 November and…
Estonian port operator Tallinna Sadam reported a 10.9% increase in third-quarter profit to €9.5 million, although its earnings for the first nine months of 2026 remained below last year’s level. According to the company’s financial results released on…
Self-service laundromats are making a comeback in Tallinn, offering a service that had largely disappeared as household washing machines became commonplace. Convenience rather than necessity appears to be an important attraction. Commercial machines can handle large loads and…
Estonian retailers have reported shortages of milk sold in plastic bags, although dairy farmers say there is no general shortage of raw milk. Rimi has experienced disruptions in deliveries of its Smart-branded milk. The retailer was told that…
Estonia stands well ahead of Latvia and Lithuania in paid online news subscriptions, according to Eurostat data for 2025. Some 13.9% of Estonian internet users had paid subscriptions to online news, newspapers or magazines, compared with 5.2% in…
Estonia’s National Audit Office has warned that direct payments by patients remain above the European Union average, despite growing healthcare expenditure. Annual healthcare spending in Estonia now exceeds €3.3 billion, while patients directly covered 21% of healthcare costs…
Russian grain transit through Latvia reached 1.115 million tonnes in January–October 2026, more than three times the volume recorded during the same period last year, according to the State Revenue Service. The total has already substantially exceeded the…
Tele2 has invested €3.7 million in modernising a central node of its mobile network in Latvia, according to a company announcement published on 6 November. The upgrade is designed to improve network stability and reduce data transmission latency,…
SEB has provided a €45 million credit facility to Gijos, a heating company owned by the Vilnius municipality, to help finance seasonal fuel purchases and manage fluctuations in energy prices. Announced on 6 November, the facility will allow…