Ex-Soviet state Belarus has declared it will buy about 200,000 tonnes of Polish milk, as well as other products, the agriculture ministry says: a boon for Poland’s farmers hit by Russia’s EU embargo. Belarus has declared it would buy about … Read More
Marijuana is currently the most common of all narcotic and psychotropic substances in Latvia, and the amounts of marijuana grown in Latvia continue to increase, Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis (Unity) told LETA after a meeting of the Drug Control and … Read More
The United States fully supports Estonia’s efforts to increase security in the region, the U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday, adding that a U.S. Navy base could be established in Estonia, cites LETA. “Estonia will never stand alone,” Obama … Read More
Police officers from both countries will in the future mount joint patrols in frontier areas, both in uniform and in plain clothes, it was agreed yesterday. A corresponding agreement signed in the Danish border town of Padborg would allow police … Read More
Sweden’s government has pledged to invest an extra 1.3 billion kronor in the military as Russia ramps up its activities in the Baltic Sea area. The move follows intense debate over the country’s defense resources since the Ukraine crisis emerged … Read More
The Estonian newspaper Eesti Päevaleht argues in its editorial on Tuesday that US President Barack Obama´s visit to Tallinn carries importance that goes well beyong the merely symbolic. The visit proves that the United States is taking security concerns in the Baltics seriously, the … Read More
The US news channel CNN has estimated that Finland leads the field in terms of countries with Muslims fighting in Syria. The channel compared numbers provided by 25 different countries to rank Finland as the country with the highest percentage … Read More
Hotel occupancy rates in St. Petersburg are down 20 percent on last year, as the clash between Russia and the West over Ukraine has prompted foreign tourists to avoid Russia’s northern capital, a local newspaper reported. As the high tourist … Read More
Latvia will be one of seven countries contributing troops to a new Rapid Reaction Force set up within NATO, foreign media have reported. Latvia will be joined by Baltic neighbors Estonia and Lithuania plus Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the … Read More
Lithuanian residents do not trust information aired on Russian-language TV channels but are against any restrictions on their broadcasts, a recent survey has shown. The results show that 27 percent of respondents believe broadcast of Russian TV channels should be … Read More
Polish economists expect the election of Donald Tusk as president of the European Council could help speed up Poland’s entry to the euro zone. PwC chief economist Witold Orłowski believes that as Poland has been one of the least affected … Read More
British foreign direct investment into Lithuania has nearly doubled in three years ahead of the country’s entry into the eurozone. FDI was £175 million (EUR 221m) in 2013, up from £95m (EUR 120m) in 2010, according to Statistics Lithuania. The UK is … Read More
Over the course of the past week, Russian military aircraft have been spotted three times breaching Finnish airspace, as reported by the Finnish Defence Ministry. Two days ago, Finnish airspace was breached by a Russian military transport aircraft. It happened … Read More
The European Commission (EC) yesterday announced the opening of Private Storage Aid for butter, skimmed milk powder (SMP) and certain cheeses to ease the effects of Russia’s food imports embargo, which has hit the European dairy sector hard and quick, lsm.lv … Read More
Sweden’s highest mountain peak, the southern tip of Kebnekaise, is melting away according to researchers at Stockholm University. Kebnekaise’s southern peak, which is the highest in Sweden, stands now at 2097.5 meters above sea level, compared with 2121 meters above sea level … Read More
At the moment, there are 1.295 million Latvians and 0.583 million Russians living in Latvia, according to latest information provided by the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, cites LETA. Among Latvia’s population, there also are 73,442 Belarusians, 52,274 Ukrainians, … Read More
Germanyyesterday announced new measures to stop EU citizens from abusing its social welfare system, reacting to what some politicians have labelled “poverty migration”. Chancellor Angela Merkel´s conservative Bavarian allies the CSU especially have demanded that EU benefit cheats be expelled, using the … Read More
Nato will soon be able to deploy forces to Sweden, with the government likely to sign an agreement with the military alliance this week, but an expert told The Local that full membership remains unlikely. Defence Minister Karin Enström told … Read More
Some 610,000 people in Lithuania, or 20.6 percent of the population, lived below the poverty risk line last year, 2 percentage points more compared with 2012, according to a survey of incomes and living conditions carried out by the country’s … Read More
Just two months after a change to national legislation made it legal to drink alcohol in most public places, Tallinn plans to clamp down again. The southern town of Elva already instituted a local ban. “If we want to be … Read More