Estonia’s Agriculture and Food Board (PTA) has confirmed African swine fever (ASF) at a pig farm in Rõuge municipality in Võrumaa county, ERR reports. The farm has been quarantined, and all of the farm’s 116 pigs will be slaughtered. The previous ASF outbreak at a pig farm in Estonia was recorded in Harjumaa county in…
Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has conducted a search at the Sigulda municipal council as part of ongoing criminal proceedings, LETA reports. Municipal spokespersons refused to disclose more details, however. According to sources, one municipal councillor and a local businessman were implicated in the criminal investigation. LTV reported that the investigation was looking…
Latvia’s Economy Minister, Ilze Indriksone, visited South Korea together with a delegation of Latvian entrepreneurs, LSM reported. She suggested that Latvia could become a gateway to the European market for South Korea. Also, the two countries could cooperate on technology transfer in strategic industries, biotechnology, and biomedicine, Indriksone said. She noted that South Korea was…
Swedish media company Viaplay Group will exit the Baltic market as part of its cost-saving plans, ERR reports. Viaplay broadcasts entertainment and live sports, including matches from top European football leagues. Viaplay Group reported a net loss of SEK 6.174mn (EUR 534,000) in the first half of 2023.
Latvia’s gas distribution system operator, Gaso, has registered its change of ownership in the country’s commercial register, GlobeNewswire reports. Under a deal signed in April 2023, Estonian privately-owned gas company Eesti Gaas (Elenger) acquired 100% of Gaso’s shares from Latvian gas company Latvijas Gaze for EUR 122mn. Gaso is Latvia’s only natural gas distribution operator.
Annual inflation in the Baltic States was highest in Estonia in June 2023, according to Eurostat data, LETA reports. Estonia’s inflation rate stood at 9% in June 2023, followed by Lithuania with 8.2% and Latvia with 8.1%. Compared to May 2023, inflation amounted to 0.8% in Estonia. Meanwhile, consumer prices went down by 0.1% in…
The Latvian alliance of liberal political parties, Development/For, has changed its name to PLI, LETA reports. Miks Celmins, executive chairman of Movement For, said that PLI’s initials stood for the three parties that formed the alliance: Movement For (Kustiba Par), For Latvia’s Development (Latvijas Attistibai), and Growth (Izaugsme). Celmins said that PLI would not coordinate…
The cargo turnover of Latvia’s sea ports totalled 3.4mn tonnes in the first half of 2023, which was 14.2% less than in the same period of 2022, according to data from the Ministry of Transport, Baltic News Network reports. The Freeport of Riga handled 9.6mn tonnes of freight, followed by the Freeport of Ventspils with…
Latvia’s Minister of Interior, Maris Kucinskis, has added three owners of the Ventspils-based confectionery producer, Pobeda Confectionery, to the list of foreigners banned from entering the country due to national security concerns, Baltic News Network reports. In March 2023, Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) found that Russian confectionery producer Pobeda, which has the same owners…