Tag: Lithuania

Statistics & Regulation

Baltic trade picked up in April — and Lithuania shows why the details matter

April brought a visible acceleration in goods trade across all three Baltic states. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania all reported double-digit year-on-year growth in both exports and imports.

Statistics & Regulation

Baltic inflation in May: monthly calm, annual pressure

May inflation data from the three Baltic statistical offices show that price pressure has not disappeared. Annual inflation remained unexpectedly high across the region: Lithuania: 5.5% Estonia: 3.7% Latvia: 3.5% The monthly picture looked much calmer.

Energy

Baltic power is getting greener. Why that does not mean prices simply fall

The Baltic market is moving from a simple generation story to a flexibility market: grid capacity, balancing reserves, hydro dispatch, battery storage and the ability to shift electricity between cheap and expensive hours are becoming central to price formation.

Statistics & Regulation

Baltic industry split in April: Latvia and Lithuania grow year-on-year, Estonia loses manufacturing volume

Baltic industrial data for April 2026 point to an uneven regional picture. Latvia and Lithuania still showed year-on-year industrial growth, while Estonia reported a decline in manufacturing output for the third consecutive month.

Data & Signals

Furniture retailer buys Kaunas logistics hub in deal worth half its annual revenue

Araneta, the company behind the Baldų turgus furniture retail brand, has acquired a 16,000 sq. m logistics, showroom and office facility in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone for €16m.

In Focus

Latvia’s €1bn sustainability bond shows Baltic stability is no longer cheap

Over the past month, all three Baltic sovereigns have returned to international debt markets with benchmark-size euro issues

In Focus

A Choice That Previously Did Not Exist: Baltic Agriculture, NGTs and the Climate Shock

By early June 2026, the Baltic debate around GMOs no longer fits the old “GMO or non-GMO” frame. The formal language in Brussels has moved to CRISPR, new genomic techniques, seed transparency, patent disclosure, organic coexistence and the regulatory categories that will decide who can use these tools.

In Focus

Baltic Wages Q1 2026: Growth Continued, But The Signals Were Not The Same

Average wages increased across all three Baltic states in the first quarter of 2026. The headline direction was similar, but the labour-market signals differed between Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.

In Focus

Investment fell, transport weakened: what Q1 GDP reveals about the Baltic economies

All three Baltic economies reported positive annual GDP growth. But the internal structure of that growth was uneven.

Data & Signals

Lithuania’s Register Centre breach exposes a slow response chain inside the digital state

More than 600,000 Lithuanian real-estate register records, including personal identification codes, were allegedly copied after unauthorised users accessed the Register Centre through accounts linked to the Migration Department.