Baltic retail split widened in May as Lithuania pulled ahead and Estonia slipped
May retail data show a widening split inside the Baltic consumer market.
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Baltic 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…
Lithuania’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.
Latvia +10.9%, Lithuania +11.9% in Q1: Baltic house prices rose, but pressure points differed
The data point to three different pressure points:
Latvia’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…
Who will be hit by the EU’s new €3 e-commerce duty?
Not only online shoppers. The new charge reaches rail corridors, Polish warehouses, Baltic parcel operators and the logistics system built…
Baltic Focus Map: 15–21 June 2026
Ahead of the midsummer slowdown, the Baltic map remained unusually dense: central-bank forecasts, political resets, security-linked regulation, new energy and…
The Baltics in 2026: recovery turns into a test of the next growth model
The Baltic economies are expected to keep growing in 2026, but the regional baseline is no longer a straightforward rebound…
Lithuania’s 2026 outlook: lower growth, higher inflation, resilient households
Lithuania remains the strongest macro story in the Baltic region, but the June update from Lietuvos bankas makes the picture…
Latvia’s stable banks, narrower core
Latvia’s officially recognised systemic banking core has narrowed
Estonia: recovery returns as the funding model shifts
The central bank expects the economy to expand by 2.4% in 2026, supported mainly by stronger spending from households and…
CapMan buys Hansabuss — and a place inside Latvia’s regional mobility system
Hansa Group has agreed to sell Hansabuss, the largest private operator of public bus lines in the Baltics, to CapMan…