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Lithuania: Foreign Minister slams concessions on Russia sanctions
Latvia: Proposal to merge three ministries into new economy ministry
Estonia: Interior Minister urges banning million Russians from EU
Lithuania: Government preparing for airBaltic’s possible exit

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Lithuania: Foreign Minister slams concessions on Russia sanctions
Latvia: Proposal to merge three ministries into new economy ministry
Estonia: Interior Minister urges banning million Russians from EU
Lithuania: Government preparing for airBaltic’s possible exit

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Lithuania: Foreign Minister slams concessions on Russia sanctions

Latvia: Proposal to merge three ministries into new economy ministry

Estonia: Interior Minister urges banning million Russians from EU

Lithuania: Government preparing for airBaltic’s possible exit

Latvia: President turns to state security over Luminor sale

Estonia: Piano factory head nominated for president

Baltic: Deficit lowest in Lithuania, debt in Estonia in Q1/2026

Lithuania: Appeals court finds far-right MP guilty of antisemitism

Latvia: Government, investors in talks over telecom deal

Estonia: New US, UK troops due to arrive soon

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Baltic: Russia closes railway lines with Finland, Estonia, Latvia

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Russia has closed several railway checkpoints on the borders with Finland, Estonia, and Latvia as of 1 July 2026, The Baltic Times reports. The official notice indicated no end date or reason for the closure. The order applies to the Lyttä, Värtsilä, and Svetogorsk (Enso) checkpoints on Russia’s border with Finland, the Pechory (Petseri) checkpoint…

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Estonia: Eesti Raudtee’s freight turnover down 43% in 2023

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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…

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