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BLRT Grupp has opened a new €14 million industrial foundry in Kohila, around 35 kilometres south of Tallinn, expanding the group’s ability to produce larger and heavier cast components for Nordic industrial customers. The factory was built by…
Estonia’s government has approved its 2027 state budget and the 2027–2030 budget strategy, with expenditure of €20.2 billion and revenue of €19.4 billion. The general government deficit is projected at 4% of GDP. The gap matters beyond the…
Estonia exported 74,648 tonnes of domestically caught fish and Estonian-origin fish products in 2025, with frozen Baltic herring and sprat forming the core of the trade. Frozen fish alone accounted for 45,958 tonnes. Baltic herring made up 53.2%…
Estonian transmission system operator Elering is preparing the electricity grid to connect around 1,500 MW of new generation capacity, while reinforcing connections around the country’s largest centres of electricity demand. The change is driven less by a large…
Beekeepers in both Latvia and Estonia are reporting a good honey season in 2026 after a much weaker harvest last year. In Latvia, the Beekeepers’ Association describes this year as successful and estimates that the country is capable…
Tallinn Airport is starting a €66.6 million expansion of its passenger terminal after passenger volumes moved well beyond the capacity for which the existing building was designed. The terminal was originally designed for around 2.8 million passengers a…
Estonia will carry out a national-security assessment of the six candidate sites being considered for a planned nuclear power plant in Viru-Nigula and Lüganuse municipalities. The Ministry of Defence, Defence Forces and Centre for Defence Investments will assess…
For the first time this year, food and grocery retail growth across the three Baltic states came together almost exactly
DataEstonia is growing again. SEB expects GDP to expand by 2.5% in 2026, 2.7% in 2027 and 2.8% in 2028 — respectable rates for an economy operating in much less favourable conditions than during the rapid convergence years.…
PhotoIn the second quarter of 2026, tourist accommodation establishments across Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia recorded about 5.48 million overnight stays.
Photo.Estonia’s Agrone is moving downstream just as Baltic dairy processing enters a new round of consolidation. The RPK deal shows why timing — and financing — now matter.
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