Lithuania and Poland may close their borders with Belarus in the event of serious incidents involving the Russian mercenary group, Wagner Group, along the frontier, BNS reports. Reuters cited Poland’s Interior Minister, Mariusz Kaminski, as saying that such a possibility was being discussed with neighbouring countries. Lithuania’s Deputy Interior Minister, Arnoldas Abramavicius, confirmed that there…
Latvia’s retail trade turnover fell by 2.3% in June 2023, compared to June 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s calendar-adjusted data at constant prices, LSM reports. Retail trade of food products declined by 5.2% and non-food products by 2.9%, while retail sales of automotive fuel increased by 5.5% over a year. Retail trade turnover…
Latvia’s GDP fell by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to the corresponding period of 2022, according to seasonally and calendar non-adjusted data, the Central Statistical Bureau’s flash estimate indicated, LSM reports. Manufacturing fell by 4.0%, while services grew by 0.6% over a year. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, the GDP…
Estonian consumers made purchases using payment cards, both home and abroad, for a total sum of around EUR 2.5bn in the second quarter of 2023, which was up 5.3% from a year earlier, according to data from the Bank of Estonia, ERR reports. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, card payments rose by 15.2%….
Estonia’s Bigbank posted a net profit of EUR 17.0mn in the first half of 2023, which was up 21% from EUR 14.1mn in the same period of 2022, GlobeNewswire reports. Net interest income amounted to EUR 46.7mn (EUR 39.7mn) and net fee and commission income to EUR 4.0mn (EUR 3.6mn). In the second quarter of…
Estonian media group Ekspress Grupp posted revenue of EUR 35.3mn in the first half of 2023, which was up 18% from EUR 29.8mn in the same period of 2022, GlobeNewswire reports. Digital revenue rose by 28%, accounting for 82% (76%) of total revenue. Ekspress Grupp had 175,400 digital subscribers at the end of June 2023,…
Estonia’s retail trade turnover fell by 9% in the first half of 2023 from a year earlier at constant prices, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. In June 2023, retail trade turnover totalled EUR 896mn, which was down 8% over a year. Retail sales in stores selling manufactured goods fell by 12% over…
Latvia’s Foreign Ministry plans to ask other Schengen Area countries to consider a unified approach to the entry of Belarusian and Russian citizens to the EU, Baltic News Network reports, citing LSM. Earlier, a group of Russian citizens arrived in Latvia as part of an Azerbaijani football team, using Schengen visas issued by a third…
Lithuania’s Modus Asset Management has secured EUR 58mn of debt financing from Poland’s BNP Paribas Bank Polska and PKO Bank Polski, The Baltic Times reports. Modus Asset Management’s Modus Poland Solar Fund I will use the funds to finance the acquisition of a 93 MW solar farm portfolio in Poland. The fund now owns over…