Üru’s Hunters’ Society believes the Environmental Board is eavesdropping on radio frequencies made for hunting and is distributing orders through the station. The board has carried out surveillance this way since 2009. The group is consulting with the Technical Surveillance Authority and the Justice of Chancellor. The board’s chief inspectorContinue Reading
The price of heat in the capital will jump by 65.5 percent from December after energy group Utilitas were allowed to raise Tallinn district heating network area prices. The current price is €50.14 per megawatt-hour and it will rise to €83 per megawatt-hour, meaning an increase of 65.5 percent. TheContinue Reading
Foreign investors in Lithuanian would like to have the possibility to employ workers from other countries more easily, representatives of the Investors’ Forum say after meeting with Lithuanian ministers on Tuesday. Businessmen would also want funds from the European recovery fund to be allocated not only to small businesses butContinue Reading
Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Ausrine Armonaite expects that the country will not have to impose a new lockdown, but says restrictions may be tightened further to stem the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Commenting on a recent outcry about the COVID-19 immunity passport, the minister said on Thursday thatContinue Reading
The looming coronavirus winter will likely not see a second Baltic bubble, while there is a clear dividing line between the Baltics, skeptical of government messages, and the rest of Europe, President Alar Karis tells Postimees in an interview. You highlighted several important avenues of cooperation, such as cybersecurity andContinue Reading
Raimundas Karoblis, a diplomat and former defense minister, would agree to be nominated as a candidate for the post of Lithuania’s ambassador to the European Union, an advisor to President Gitanas Nauseda said on Thursday. “Yes, I have spoken [with Karoblis], and the candidate would certainly be willing to takeContinue Reading
Growing need for capacity, the presence of NATO allies and increasingly more complex weapons systems are putting pressure on Estonia’s defense sector and the three or four private companies which conduct maintenance work, ETV news show ‘Aktuaalne kaamera’ (AK) reported Sunday night. The state is investing €200 million over theContinue Reading
Sunday marked polling day of the 2021 local government council elections in Estonia. Preliminary results put voter turnout at 54.7 percent, with record 275,587 votes cast electronically between Monday and Saturday. People supported election coalitions in most of Estonia’s 79 local governments, with Center proving the most successful political partyContinue Reading
Lawmakers who left the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Unions have announced they are establishing a new political party, Democratic Party “For Lithuania”. The invitation to join the party has been signed by all 13 members of this group in the Lithuanian Seimas, including ex-Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, VytautasContinue Reading
Autumn holiday travellers should think twice before booking a trip to the Baltics, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) warns. Case numbers have been rising in the area exponentially; the incidence rate in Estonia alone has shot up to 1,200 cases a day. Viking Line’s communications director JohannaContinue Reading