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Telia Company plans to cut around 210 positions in Estonia and Lithuania as part of a new restructuring programme affecting approximately 900 jobs across the group. Around 100 positions are expected to be affected in Estonia, where Telia…
In 2025, almost everything in Latvia was shrinking: the population, births, remigration, immigration and even the number of deaths. Yet employers and universities continued to draw thousands of people from abroad. Their numbers are far too small to…
PhotoAcross the Baltics, ageing and a shrinking domestic labour base are tightening labour supply. By mid-2026, however, the pressure was showing up very differently in each of the three markets. All three Baltic countries entered 2026 with small…
DataIn the first quarter of 2026, Baltic unemployment rates looked similar at the headline level. Unemployment stood at 7.1% in Estonia, 7.1% in Latvia and 7.4% in Lithuania.
PhotoLatvia’s labour market in 2025 looks stable at the headline level. Employment increased slightly, unemployment remained unchanged, and economic activity rose. But this stability is uneven. The market protects some groups much better than others — and it…
Photo🇱🇹Who lives well in Lithuania: who benefits — and who remains on minimum wage
PhotoLithuania: Average Wage Reaches €2,527 in Q4 2025
🇱🇻Latvia’s Labour Market 2025: Stability on the Surface, Adjustment Underneath?
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 Baltic Labour Market Snapshot: Stability with Structural Pressure
📉 Baltic Demography Continues to Shrink in 2025
🇱🇻 Latvia: income growth amid structural constraints