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Welcome to Via Baltica, your “information superhighway” for news from the three Baltic tigers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania! Our founder and editor-in-chief is Kerkko Paananen, senior news analyst with more than two decades of professional expertise in covering and reporting on current affairs in the Baltic States. We aim to do one thing well:…

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Lithuania: Former PM Kazimira Prunskiene buried

Lithuania’s first prime minister after the restoration of independence, Kazimira Prunskiene, was laid to rest at Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius on 6 August 2026, ELTA reports. Earlier, Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius stated that today’s government could draw inspiration from Prunskiene’s commitment to public service and sense of responsibility, LRT reported. Juozas Olekas, speaker of the…

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Estonia: Justice Chancellor one vote short of presidency

Altogether 67 members of the Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, support the possible presidential candidacy of the country’s Chancellor of Justice, Ülle Madise, according to Kristina Kallas, chairwoman of the liberal coalition party, Estonia 200, ERR reports. She said that support from the opposition Fatherland or Estonian Centre Party was still missing, however. Kallas urged the…

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Baltic: Russia may use Ukrainian drones in false-flag attacks

Lithuanian military intelligence has information suggesting that Russia may use drones made in Ukraine to carry out attacks against critical infrastructure targets in the Baltic region, LRT reports. Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said that the intelligence reports indicated that Russia was assessing the possibility of conducting such false-flag attacks, but that there was no evidence…

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Lithuania: No evidence Russia targeted embassy in Kyiv: minister

Lithuania has no evidence that Russian missiles deliberately targeted the Lithuanian embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on 1 August 2026, Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said, LRT reports. Speaking in an interview with Verslo Zinios, Budrys said that Lithuania did not believe that the embassy building, which suffered damage in the attack, was the target…

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Latvia: PM criticises Interior Minister over letter to Spain

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs criticised Interior Minister Janis Dombrava for a letter that the minister had sent to Spain over the recent border crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, LETA reported. According to LTV, Spanish officials were irritated with Dombrava’s letter, which they found patronising and arrogant, LSM reported. Spanish officials expressed disappointment…

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