Over 500 experts and decision-makers from across the Baltic Sea region will attend the 17th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, on 11-13 May 2026, BNS reports. The central theme of this year’s forum is resilience. The conference participants will discuss regional security and…
Estonia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.4% in April 2026 from a year earlier, according to Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. The price of goods went up by 3.8% and of services by 2.8% on year. The rise in consumer prices was driven mostly by higher fuel, housing, and food costs. Transport costs increased by…
Authorities in the Baltic States are preparing for possible provocations on 9 May 2026, when Russians celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II and occupation of central and eastern Europe. Authorities in the Russian border town of Ivangorod (Jaanilinn) will hold another propaganda concert on the banks of the Narva river for the…
The Estonian government has issued EUR 1bn worth of bonds to cover the state budget deficit and to provide more liquidity, ERR reports. The bonds mature in May 2036 and carry a yield to maturity of 3.609%. More than 100 investors, mostly banks, pension funds, and European investment funds, subscribed to over EUR 2.2bn in…
Lithuanians tend to work the least in the entire EU during weekends, according to Eurostat data, LSM reports. The share of all employed people aged 15-64 years who usually work on weekends was just 3.9% in Lithuania in 2025. By comparison, the share of employed people usually doing weekend shifts was 13.1% in Estonia and…
Estonia’s industrial production declined by 3.1% at constant prices in March 2026 compared to the same period of 2025, according to Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. Output increased by 5.9% in mining, but decreased by 19.5% in energy production and by 1.2% in manufacturing. In the manufacturing sector, output in wood processing rose by 5%, fabricated…
The prison population per capita in the Baltic States is the highest in Latvia, according to Eurostat data, LSM reports. Latvia had 187 prisoners per 100,000 people in 2024, which was up 8% from 173 in 2023. The figure was the third-highest in the entire EU. Lithuania’s prison population stood at 155 (159) and Estonia’s…
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal suggested that former president Kersti Kaljulaid could be nominated as a candidate in presidential elections due in September 2026, ERR reports. Michal noted that incumbent president Alar Karis did not seem to have sufficient support in the parliament, the Riigikogu, to be reelected for a second term. Earlier, Lauri Läänemets,…
Estonia’s national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland (Isamaa), remained the country’s most popular party in April 2026, according to Norstat’s poll for the Institute for Societal Research (YI), ERR reports. Fatherland’s support stands at 26.4%, followed by the opposition Estonian Centre Party (Keskerakond) with 22.4%, the populist opposition Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE) with 14.1%, and…
