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Estonia: New Estonian ambassador to Georgia presents credentials

Via BalticaSeptember 21, 202401 mins

Estonia’s new ambassador to Georgia, Marge Mardisalu-Kahar, has presented her credentials to Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, Civil.ge reports. During the presentation ceremony, Zourabichvili and Mardisalu-Kahar discussed bilateral relations, Georgia’s EU integration, the situation in Georgia, and support for Ukraine. The ambassador assured that Estonia would continue to support Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and Georgia’s territorial integrity….

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Estonia: MPs visit Tibetan exile capital

Via BalticaSeptember 3, 202401 mins

A group of Estonian MPs took part in the Central Tibetan Administration’s commemoration of the 64th Tibetan Democracy Day in India’s Dharamshala on 2 September 2024, Tibetan Review reported. The MPs are part of the Tibet Support Group of the Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, led by Juku-Kalle Raid. The other delegates were Karmen Joller, Ester…

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Latvia: PM Silina urges Europe to “resist Russian evil”

Via BalticaJuly 20, 202401 mins

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina urged European countries to “resist Russian evil,” saying that this would help increase security and prosperity in the continent, LSM reports. Speaking at the European Political Community (EPC) summit in the UK, Silina called on Europe to provide more military, financial, and political support to Ukraine. She said that European…

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Lithuania: Seimas committee backs linking LRT funding to GDP

Via BalticaJuly 8, 202401 mins

The budget and finance committee of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, has approved a proposal to link state budget funding for the public broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), to GDP growth as of 2026, BNS reports. Under the plan, LRT would continue to receive 1% of government income tax revenue and 1.3% of…

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Baltic: Presidents issue statement on importance of EU membership

Via BalticaMay 6, 202401 mins

The presidents of the three Baltic States issued a joint statement on the 20th anniversary of the accession of their countries to the EU in 2004, BNS reported. The presidents stressed the importance of EU membership for the well-being, security, and economic growth of the three Baltic countries. Also, the presidents called for opening EU…

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Lithuania: EP President collects 2023 Freedom Prize

Via BalticaJanuary 14, 2024January 14, 202401 mins

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has collected the 2023 Freedom Prize awarded by the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, to the European Parliament, LRT reports. The European Parliament declined to accept a cash prize of EUR 11,000. Radvile Morkunaite-Mikuleniene, deputy speaker of the Seimas, suggested allocating the money to investigators of Russian war crimes and crimes…

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Baltic: Parliamentary committee chairs praise Taiwan elections

Via BalticaJanuary 13, 2024January 13, 202401 mins

The chairmen of the foreign affairs committees of the Baltic parliaments, Estonia’s Marko Mihkelson, Latvia’s Rihards Kols, and Lithuania’s Zygimantas Pavilionis, praised Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections held on 13 January 2023, LSM reports. In a joint statement, they said that the elections demonstrated the strength of Taiwan’s “robust democratic system,” saying that the country…

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Estonia: “No limitations” on weapons aid to Ukraine: President Karis

Via BalticaJanuary 12, 2024January 13, 202402 mins

Estonian President Alar Karis said that the main purpose of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s official visit to Estonia was to thank the people of Estonia for their unwavering support during the ongoing war, ERR reported. He called on democratic countries to do more for Ukraine to win and for Russia to lose. The outcome of…

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Estonia: PM Kallas refuses to attend parliamentary committee session

Via BalticaAugust 29, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Estonia’s Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, has refused to attend a joint session of the state budget and the anti-corruption select committees of the Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, on 29 August 2023, ERR reports. The committees will hold an extraordinary joint meeting to discuss the operations of Estonian businesses in Russia. Kallas has come under heavy…

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Lithuania: Tunnels used to smuggle migrants from Belarus

Estonia: Bank profits stable in H1/2026

Latvia: Government hears report on airBaltic

Lithuania: Former PM Kazimira Prunskiene dies

Latvia: Interior Minister urges investigation of police chief

Estonia: GDP up 2.1% in Q2/2026: flash estimate

Lithuania: Stricter sanctions on Russians, Belarusians proposed

Latvia: Bank profits down 9%, assets up 10.5% in H1/2026

Estonia: EU official enters presidential race

Baltic: Farms employ thousands of foreigners yearly

Democracy

Estonia: New Estonian ambassador to Georgia presents credentials

Estonia: MPs visit Tibetan exile capital

Latvia: PM Silina urges Europe to “resist Russian evil”

Lithuania: Seimas committee backs linking LRT funding to GDP

Baltic: Presidents issue statement on importance of EU membership

Lithuania: EP President collects 2023 Freedom Prize

Baltic: Parliamentary committee chairs praise Taiwan elections

Estonia: “No limitations” on weapons aid to Ukraine: President Karis

Estonia: PM Kallas refuses to attend parliamentary committee session

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