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
The confrontation between Poland and the European Union relates to the principles of the rule of law, and hopefully will not escalate further, President Alar Karis said Thursday. The president made his remarks while on an official visit to Poland, meeting with President Andrzej Duda, where the pair talked securityContinue Reading
Latvia made an official request to EU countries for assistance due to the country’s deteriorating Covid situation. Finland intends to respond to Latvia’s request for assistance due to the country’s deteriorating Covid situation, Safety and Health Department adviser Lasse Ilkka from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health told YleContinue 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
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said hospitals are in a war-like situation with coronavirus treatment and restrictions should be imposed on children’s access to entertainment. Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna said on Tuesday that a proposal has been made to the government to ask children aged 12-18 forContinue Reading
Latvia will be in “lockdown” for a month from Thursday as the government tries to bring the coronavirus situation under control and relieve pressure on the healthcare system, Latvia’s public broadcaster LSM reported on Monday. New restrictions include non-essential store closures and a curfew between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.Continue Reading
Restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus within the Finnish Defense Forces are to be lifted in four different stages. The first is the waiving of the current requirement to use a face mask and safety distancing of two metres outdoors. These first restrictions are scheduled to beContinue Reading
President Alar Karis’ first meeting with two heads of state has been canceled after Latvian President Egils Levits tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, while Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is isolating. Latvian national broadcaster LSM reported Levits gave a positive antigen rapid test last night after returning from Sweden. HeContinue 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