Baltic industry after May: Latvia’s headline stays stronger, but the sector picture is mixed
April gave Baltic Focus the first detailed regional industry comparison of 2026. May does not…
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Baltic Demography 2025: Low Births Keep Natural Decline in Place
Estonia and Latvia have published full-year 2025 demographic data, while Lithuania’s provisional demographic indicators show…
Baltic agriculture 2025: Latvia has the eggs, Estonia has the dairy cows, Lithuania has the scale
The Baltic states share a region, but not one agricultural model. Latvia stands out in…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Baltic Focus Map: 15–21 June 2026
Ahead of the midsummer slowdown, the Baltic map remained unusually dense: central-bank forecasts, political resets,…
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…