Around 2,000 farmers protested across Latvia against the government’s agriculture policies on 5 February 2024, according to the Farmers’ Parliament (ZSA), LSM reported. Police said that the protests passed peacefully with no significant incidents, LETA reported. Farmers staged rallies with agricultural machinery in altogether 16 cities, calling for a ban on imports of Russian and…
Estonia’s state-owned railway company, Eesti Raudtee (EVR), transported 10mn tonnes of cargo in 2023, which was 43% less than in 2022, ERR reports. The volume of transit freight totalled 2.1mn tonnes in 2023, compared to 9.5m tonnes in 2021. EVR’s commercial director, Arthur Raichmann, said that the biggest commodity groups were shale oil from Estonia…
Estonia ranks third on Estonian non-profit organisation e-Governance Academy’s updated National Cyber Security Index (NCSI), LSM reports. Estonia ranks third out of 31 countries on the index, with 85.83 points. Latvia is fifth with 79.17 points. Lithuania’s data is not included in the updated index. Estonia scored 80.02 points and Latvia 71.88 points in terms…
Lithuania’s industrial production totalled EUR 35bn at current prices in 2023, the State Data Agency (VDA) reported. Compared to 2022, industrial output decreased by 5.2% at constant prices, according to calendar-adjusted data. In terms of unadjusted data, industrial production dropped by 5.3% over a year. The volume of output in manufacturing decreased by 3.7%, in…
Latvia’s industrial production declined by 4.5% in 2023 compared to 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LSM reported. Output in manufacturing decreased by 4.5%, in electricity and gas supply by 0.8%, and in mining by 19% over a year. The drop in manufacturing output was the largest annual decline since 2009. Martins Abolins, economist…
The total production of industrial enterprises in Estonia declined by 10.5% in 2023 at constant prices compared to 2022, according to Statistics Estonia’s data, ERR reports. Output decreased in all three industrial sectors, including in energy production by 21%, in manufacturing by 9.8%, and in mining and quarrying by 4.7%. Production volumes fell every month…
Lithuanian real estate developer Hanner will take over the project to build a new national stadium in Vilnius, the city’s mayor, Valdas Benkunskas, announced, BNS reports. Vilniaus Daugiafunkcis Kompleksas, the original concessionaire on the project, is managed by private equity fund management company BaltCap, which is mired in a major embezzlement scandal. Under the new…
Latvian farmers will begin holding protests across the country on 5 February 2024, the Farmers’ Parliament (ZSA) announced, LSM reports. ZSA chairman Juris Lazdins said that the composition of the current government was “particularly distinguished by its arrogance and indifference.” The organisation has submitted its demands to Prime Minister Evika Silina and Agriculture Minister Armands…
Estonian political parties received more than EUR 4.9mn in private donations in 2023, according to data from the Political Parties Financing Surveillance Committee (ERJK), ERR reported. The total does not include donations made to the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE) in the fourth quarter of 2023, however. The opposition Fatherland (Isamaa) party received altogether…