Road traffic safety is much better in Estonia than in Latvia and Lithuania, according to data from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, ERR reports. Estonia had altogether 43 road deaths in 2025, which was 38% fewer than in 2024. Meanwhile, the number of road fatalities rose by 5% to 118 in Latvia…
Banks in Estonia generated an aggregate profit of EUR 539mn in the first nine months of 2026, which was up around EUR 42mn (9%) from the same period of 2025, according to data from the Bank of Estonia, ERR reports. Kristjan Mäe, economist at the Bank of Estonia, said that the increase in bank profits…
Estonia’s leading agricultural group, Agrone, has completed the acquisition of 100% of shares in Latvia’s largest dairy group, Food Union Management, LSM reports. Agrone acquired the shares from Food Union Luxembourg Holdings II for an undisclosed price. The Food Union group includes Rigas Piena Kombinats and Valmieras Piens, which produce some of Latvia’s best-known fresh…
Estonia’s GDP growth reached 2.2% in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025, according to Statistics Estonia’s flash estimate, ERR reported. Compared with the second quarter of 2026, the seasonally and working-day adjusted GDP grew by 0.6%. Robert Müürsepp, national accounts service manager at Statistics Estonia, said that several indicators…
US defence officials urged the Baltic States to tone down their rhetoric on the threat posed by Russia, arguing that some statements had undermined European security, Reuters reported. One of the US officials was Elbridge Colby, Under Secretary of Defence for Policy at the US Defence Department, who insisted on not “poking” Russia. He pointed…
The Baltic joint venture, RB Rail, has submitted a new application to the European Commission for an additional EUR 357.5mn in funding from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the Rail Baltica railway project, BNS reports. The European Commission and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency are expected to announce their decisions on…
Estonia plans to build about 150 bunkers in the northeastern Ida-Virumaa county along the border with Russia, Defence Minister Martin Herem announced, BNS reported. Speaking in the Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, Herem said that the bunkers would be part of the Baltic Defence Line. Around 100 of the bunkers would be on state land and…
The European Commission has rejected a request from the three Baltic States for EUR 500mn of EU funding to develop an anti-drone defence system, LRT reports. Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said that the system would have combined drone detection, AI, and interception technology into an integrated air-defence system. The European Commissioner for Defence and…
The Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, has lowered the voting age and minimum age for candidates in elections to the European Parliament as of 2029, ERR reports. The amendments will lower the voting age from the current 18 to 16 years and the minimum age for candidates from 21 to 18 years. MPs from the Estonian Reform…
