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Defence Minister: Ukraine offered to invest in Lithuanian companies that could quickly boost drone production

On: August 24, 2022

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas attended the presentation of Lithuanian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturers at the Drone Day 2022 organised by the Ministry of National Defence at Kyviškės Aerodrome. He told reporters that Ukraine offered to invest in Lithuanian companies that could quickly boost the manufacturing of surveillanceContinue Reading

Water supply and sewer tariffs to climb 22.4% in Riga in June

By: Christian Jukka

On: April 29, 2022

In: Uncategorized

From 1 June onward the general water supply and sewer tariff in Riga will increase 22.4%, reaching 2.35 EUR/m3 instead of the current 1.92 EUR/m3, according to the decision made by the Public Utilities Commission. The water supply tariff will be 1.02 EUR/m3, which is EUR 0.17 more than itContinue Reading

Ukrainian citizens and businesses to get cheaper loans in Lithuania

By: Christian Jukka

On: April 29, 2022

In: Uncategorized

Ukrainian citizens and businessmen willing to start their business in Lithuania will be able to get 30 percent cheaper loans for business start-up or working capital, the country’s Ministry of the Economics and Innovation says. “We are giving the Ukrainians the opportunity to get loans with 30 percent lower interestContinue Reading

Finnish defmin: We would likely have to participate in Baltic Air Policing

By: Christian Jukka

On: April 25, 2022

In: Uncategorized

Should Finland become a NATO member, the country would probably have to station troops in the Baltics and participate in policing the Baltic airspace, Janne Kuusela, head of the defense policy department of the Finnish Ministry of Defense, said. “I hold it very likely that Finland will be expected toContinue Reading

SDP lawmaker Erkki Tuomioja “Finnish media in war psychosis”

By: Christian Jukka

On: April 25, 2022

In: Uncategorized

Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja‘s (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview (siirryt toiseen palveluun). The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a “huge degree of emotions involved” in the public’s support of Nato,Continue Reading

Latvian Russians Union threatens with «war» if Victory Monument tampered with

By: Christian Jukka

On: April 14, 2022

In: Uncategorized

Members of pro-Kremlin political party in Latvia – Latvian Russians Union – threaten with «war» if Victory Monument is tampered with, as reported by Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze (NRA). «Any attempt to move the monument by even a millimetre will be equal to declaration of war, and we won’t be takingContinue Reading

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte visited Ukraine on Monday.

By: Christian Jukka

On: April 12, 2022

In: Uncategorized

She took to Twitter to post pictures from Borodyanka, a town near Kyiv. “Today, my visit to Ukraine started in Borodyanka. No words could possibly describe what I saw and felt here,” Simonyte tweeted. The pictures show Simonyte accompanied by her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian troops looking atContinue Reading

Ukrainian refugees facing problems with Tallinn’s rental market

By: Christian Jukka

On: April 9, 2022

In: Uncategorized

Newly arrived refugees face problems when looking for long-term accommodation in the capital as locals do not want to rent to them and there is a shortage of cheap apartments, realtors say. And not everybody is welcoming Ukrainians as it was showed on local TVs. So far more than 28,000Continue Reading

Halonen compares Baltics joining NATO to belonging to Soviet Union

By: Christian Jukka

On: March 31, 2022

In: Uncategorized

In a recent interview with Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), former Finnish President Tarja Halonen compared the Baltic countries’ accession to NATO in 2004 to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania belonging to the Soviet Union. “They were used to being part of a collective security system during the Soviet era,” Halonen toldContinue Reading

Swedish company to build electric vehicle battery plant in Latvia

By: Christian Jukka

On: March 29, 2022

In: Uncategorized

Swedish tech company Anodox Energy Systems has announced plans to produce electric vehicle batteries in Latvia, with the first factory in the Port of Rīga expected to be operational by December 2022. The news was announced by the Economics Ministry March 25, with a promise that a second factory for Lithium Ion Phosphate (LFP)Continue Reading

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