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Monday, 12.05.2025, 05:23
Covid-19: Govt decides to carry out population based testing in Estonia
The government on Thursday agreed to a proposal of Minister of Social Affairs Tanel Kiik to conduct population based testing for coronavirus in combination with a sero-epidemiological survey in Estonia, informed LETA/BNS.
NIB provides Covid-19 mitigation loan to Republic of Latvia
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Republic of Latvia have signed a 10-year loan agreement of EUR 500 mln to finance additional government expenditures from mitigating the impact of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.
Baltic COVID-19 update: 955 cases confirmed in Lithuania, 589 in Latvia, 1,207 in Estonia
A total of 2,751 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the three Baltic countries by Thursday noon, according to the latest figures from official institutions, collected by the LETA/BNS.
airBaltic Schedules New Special Flights in April and May
After a request from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and with permit from the Ministry of Transport, Latvian airline airBaltic has scheduled additional special flights from Amsterdam and Frankfurt to Riga and vice versa. These flights one way will be able to transport up to 140 passengers, BC learned from the company.
Covid-19: EC invites member states to prolong restriction on non-essential travel to EU until May 15
The European Commission on Wednesday invited Schengen member states and Schengen-associated states to prolong the temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU until May 15, informed LETA/BNS.
Baltic COVID-19 update: 912 cases confirmed in Lithuania, 577 in Latvia, 1,185 in Estonia
A total of 2,674 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the three Baltic countries by Wednesday noon, according to the latest figures from official institutions, collected by the LETA/BNS.
To enable business trips, several ferry departures allowed from Latvia to Germany and Sweden
To enable necessary business trips, a StenaLine passenger ferry will depart from Ventspils for Nyneshamn, Sweden, today, according to information available on the Transport Ministry's official website.
Covid-19: Lithuania to send EUR 100,000 worth of medical supplies to Italy and Spain
The Lithuanian Government plans to tap its reserve for 100,000 euros that will be allocated for humanitarian aid to Italy and Spain, the worst-hit European Union (EU) countries by the coronavirus, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has announced on Tuesday, writes LETA/BNS.
Financial Times ranks Printify among America's Fastest-Growing Companies 2020
The Latvian-founded e-commerce company Printify is included in the Financial Times America's Fastest-Growing Companies 2020, which was published today. Printify was ranked in high 15th place in the overall top and in 5th place in the category of technology companies. The list included 500 companies that are independent and revenue growth between 2015 and 2018 was primarily organic.
The Commission and EIF invest in states’ entrepreneurship
Commission and European Investment Fund (part of EIB Group) unlock €1 bn in finance guarantees for 100 thousand SMEs. This will allow providing liquidity in the states in the amount of about €8 bn.
Covid-19: Finland recommends to suspend ticketing to ship passengers until May 13
The Finnish government announced on Tuesday that it recommends for shipping companies to suspend the sale of tickets to passengers from Finland to Sweden, Estonia and Germany from April 11, writes LETA/BNS-STT.
Covid-19: Lithuania’s Maxima receives millions of masks, gloves, to supply some to Estonia, Poland
Maxima, one of the largest retail chains in Lithuania, has received an approximately 1.5 mln euros worth shipment containing several millions of disposable face masks and gloves, which will be sold in the stores of the chain and in the pharmacies of Eurovaistine, a pharmacy chain that is part of Maxima group, informed LETA/BNS.
An unexpected shutdown of Balticconnector is to result in millions in losses
Estonian and Finnish energy companies submitted a joint appeal to the governments and national system operators to postpone for one year the almost complete shutdown of the transnational gas pipeline Balticconnector that is planned for a month. Otherwise, the shutdown will result in several million euros of losses and also endanger the reliability of Balticconnector in the future, BC learned from the Elenger Oy.
The design works to start for the whole Rail Baltica main line in Latvia
The joint venture of the Rail Baltica project RB Rail AS, on behalf of the Ministry of Transport of Latvia, has concluded two contracts for the design and design supervision services for the remaining two sections of the Rail Baltica main line in Latvia. Both winners were selected based on the most economically advantageous proposal and proposed price is within the planned budget for these key activities.
Covid-19: European Commission to support The Global Hack hackathon initiated by Estonians
The European Commission is supporting The Global Hack, an online hackathon, organized by Accelerate Estonia, Garage48, Guaana with the support of Devpost, writes LETA/BNS.
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