Finnish forest products company UPM has been actively marketing tracts of forest in eastern Finland ranging in size from 500 to several thousand hectares. Last year foreign investors — most of them German — bought nearly 9,000 hectares of forested … Read More
The Antares rocket carrying Lithuanian satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1 launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, at 20:07 Thursday, informs LETA/ELTA. The launch of first Lithuanian satellites was rescheduled several times due to the technical handicaps or … Read More
The EU authorities are trying to attract member states’ attention to the SMEs activity. Recent “action plan” shows some progress in doing business. SMEs play a decisive role in the European economy’s competitiveness and dynamic. To help them realise their … Read More
“All you Need is Love“ that’s what one may hear on the radio since early morning . It’s chilly and rainy, but on Valentine’s Day nobody cares about grey sky above. Streets are crowded, full of men running in a … Read More
Germany’s smallest political parties have been given a huge boost ahead of European elections in May, with the country’s top court ruling they will no longer need a minimum percent of the vote to win seats in parliament. Political parties … Read More
Polish energy giant LOTOS has taken possession of an offshore oil rig which it will use to begin drilling up to 15 wells in Poland’s area of the Baltic Sea off its northern coast. “As soon as the Mining Authority … Read More
According to the European Commission, Latvia’s economy will grow by 4.2%, while EU average is 1.5% and euro area average is 1.2%. The forecast remains based on the assumption that the implementation of agreed policy measures at EU and Member … Read More
The Swedish government is threatening to take the European Commission to court, saying the Commission is delaying issuing the criteria needed to prevent the use of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC’s) currently found in antibiotic chemicals known as biocides, used in … Read More
A new plagiarism detection system has been created. Plag.lv is meant to evaluate scientific papers written by Latvian student for any signs of plagiarism. This internet resource is available for students and teachers free of charge. The first version of … Read More
The UN’s Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee has concluded in a report that Poland needs to take more steps to combat hate crimes. The report’s publication follows a committee meeting in Geneva attended by representatives of the Ministry of Justice … Read More
Friday 21 February, as Ukrainian opposition leaders held out against signing an EU-brokered deal to end bloodshed on the streets, Poland’s foreign minister dug into his own history to break the deadlock. If they did not sign up to compromise … Read More
New rules designed to achieve the CO2 emission reduction target of 95g/km for new cars by 2020 were endorsed by the European Parliament today. The text retains this target, albeit with a one-year “phase-in” period in 2020. It also allows … Read More
The EU forced Swedish wolf hunters to hang up their rifles, but increasingly audacious predators have rural dwellers speaking of torment, injured dogs, clawed livestock, and a ban that disrespects democracy. Farmers and hunters in Sweden are crying foul over a … Read More
There’s some light at the end of the tunnel for entrepreneurs in Finland. Last year domestic and foreign private equity firms invested more than 280 million euros in start-up businesses – more than double their injections in 2012. Domestic and … Read More
A new nuclear waste inspection has revealed rust on every fourth barrel containing radioactive material at one of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall’s nuclear power plants in Germany. While a quarter of the barrels showed some signs of rust, the inspection … Read More
Prime Minister Andrus Ansip of Estonia unveiled yesterday that he would on March 4 resign together with his cabinet. The move is considered to be a leadership castling within the Reform Party. European Union Commissioner and founder of the party … Read More
Lithuania is the leading country in Europe for its share of citizens that have fibre-optic connection, according to the ratings by the Fibre to the Home Council, www.lithuania.lt has informed. The data announced by the Council last week indicates that … Read More
For the first time ever an EU-project has monitored the amount of litter on shores in the Baltic Sea. In just two years, the report found 12.5 tonnes of garbage on shores in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia, news agency … Read More
Today I would like to talk about how Estonians wear in winter time. I was inspired for this topic by the numerous ratings of teams’ outfits at Sochi 2014 Olympics opening ceremony according to journalists’ opinions. While tastes differ considerably … Read More
The Estonian Interior Ministry’s undersecretary for internal security, Erkki Koort, said if the situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate, a flood of refugees could travel to the European Union, including to Estonia. “We have a sizable Ukrainian community, and the … Read More
