Estonian Climate Minister Yoko Alender and Finland’s Minister of Environment and Climate, Kai Mykkänen, have signed a memorandum of understanding on increased cooperation in protecting critical undersea energy infrastructure, BNS reports. Under the agreement, Estonia and Finland will set up a steering group to develop their cooperation on ensuring the resilience and security of undersea…
The defence ministers of the three Baltic States met with a high official of Poland’s Defence Ministry in Latvia’s Daugavpils to discuss the strengthening of regional defence infrastructure, LSM reports. Latvian Defence Minister Andris Spruds stressed the importance of implementing NATO decisions to strengthen the defence of the alliance’s eastern flank, including regional air-defence capabilities….
Estonian officials have again refuted suggestions that the rupture of the Balticconnector gas pipeline and two data cables in the Baltic Sea by the Chinese cargo ship, NewNew Polar Bear, in October 2023 was an accident, ERR reports. “You would need to find a very stupid captain” for the incident to have been an accident,…
Estonia’s Climate Ministry has proposed amendments to exempt electricity storage facilities from double fees as of the beginning of 2026, BNS reports. Under the amendments, renewable energy and grid transmission fees for storage equipment would only be charged on net consumption for the calendar month. Owners of storage devices would thus only pay for the…
The Latvian government is unlikely to satisfy the Health Ministry’s request for EUR 153.3mn of additional funding for hospitals in the 2025 state budget, LSM reports. Health Minister Hosams Abu Meri said that the money was needed for human resources, medicines, infrastructure, emergency services, digitalisation, and data security. However, the government has listed external and…
Estonia has opened a new military base in the village of Juba, near the southern Estonian town of Võru, ERR reports. The Reedo army base has 14 buildings that can accommodate up to 1,000 Estonian and NATO military personnel. The base is a mustering zone where allied troops can prepare for combat. The construction costs…
The municipal public transport company of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, Tallinna Linnatransport (TLT), will temporarily replace all trolleybuses due to the poor condition of the fleet, ERR reports. TLT will replace the trolleybuses on all four routes with buses as of 1 November 2024. The company plans to procure new trolleybuses and electric buses. The…
The German IT service company, DATAGROUP, has established a Lithuanian subsidiary, DATAGROUP Operations Lithuania, BNS reports. The company plans to hire up to 30 people to its new office in Kaunas by the end of 2024 and later increase the headcount to 50. The office will focus on AI, cyber security, and IT architecture and…
The Latvian parliament, the Saeima, has rejected a motion of no confidence submitted by the opposition National Alliance against Transport Minister Kaspars Briskens, LSM reports. Altogether 48 MPs voted against the motion, 43 in favour, and none abstained. The opposition’s criticism was related to problems at state-owned postal company Latvijas Pasts, national air carrier airBaltic,…