Baltictimes

Estonia temporarily reintroduces border controls on whole border

TALLINN – The Estonian government has decided to restrict crossing of the Schengen internal and external border temporarily and reintroduc...

Public figures in Lithuania call for opposing Astravyets NPP in Belarus

VILNIUS – A number of public figures in Lithuania have called for active resistance to the Astravyets nuclear power plant under constructi...

Removal of sanctions from Ventspils Freeport Authority became possible after measures taken by Latvian government - OFAC

RIGA - The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed its sanctions that had been imposed on the Ventspils Freeport Authority after V...

If current Riga City Council is dissolved, next one can be elected for a term of more than five years

RIGA - If current Riga City Council is dissolved, the next one can be elected for a term of more than five years under new legislation Saeima ad…

President pardons two Russian spies

President Gitanas Nauseda has granted pardons to two Russian citizens jailed in Lithuania for espionage, opening the way for a prisoner swap wit…

Estonian formin to meet with Hungarian counterpart in Budapest

TALLINN – Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu is visiting Budapest on Monday to meet with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto&n...

Estonian president to make work visit to Brussels, Paris

TALLINN - Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid is scheduled to meet in Brussels on Monday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Belgian P…

Repairs of CVR(T)s supplied to Latvian army still conducted in UK

RIGA - Repairs of the armored vehicles (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked or CVR(T)) supplied to the Latvian army are still conducted in the…

Adviser: Estonian minister wasn't given official documents on M. V. Wool, listeria deaths

TALLINN - Urmas Arumae, sworn advocate and adviser to Estonian Minister of Rural Affairs Mart Jarvik, said that while the listeriosis outbreak a…

Lithuanian lawyers to consider suspending free legal aid over debt

VILNIUS - Lithuanian lawyers will consider temporarily suspending free legal aid, saying the state owes them over half a million euros for ...

NATO PA Estonian delegation attends annual session in London

TALLINN - Members of the Estonian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Ants Laaneots, Leo Kunnas and Sven Sester are attendin...

Around 150 people lay flowers at Soviet-era monument to mark "liberation" from German occupation

RIGA - Marking the 75th anniversary of Riga's "liberation" from German occupation, which effectively was replaced with Sovie...

Lithuania's LFGU propose taxing large retailers

VILNIUS – Representatives of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union have proposed introducing a new trade tax for retailers with a...

Estonia should remain among those states to talk to Russia themselves

TALLINN - Estonia should remain among those countries to talk to Russia themselves and one whose opinion on issues relating to Russia other coun…

Latvia will continue to defend its key interests in EU multiannual budget - Rinkevics

RIGA - On September 16, at the meeting of the European Union (EU) General Affairs Council in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars R…

Estonian govt on schedule with putting together state budget

TALLINN – The Estonian government is on schedule with drafting of the state budget for 2020 and will apparently hand the budget bill to th...

Lithuanian president to pay visit to State Security Department

VILNIUS – Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda is set to pay a visit to the country's State Security Department on Friday and will be ...

Pennsylvania Guard to help Lithuanian army to develop division-level HQ

VILNIUS – Representatives of the Lithuanian Land Force and the 28th Infantry Division (28ID) of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and s...