- AirBaltic Pilot Academy: where dreams to reach the skies come true
When visiting airBaltic’s Pilot Academy, located just a few steps from the leading Baltic airline’s headquarters and neighbouring Riga Airport, I got the undeniable feeling that not just the 24 students currently enrolled there are chasing the dream of flying an airBaltic jet someday.
- The Baltic Times throws its 4th annual Gala Dinner
With another year winding down, The Baltic Times has once again, for the fourth time, hosted a full ballroom of notable guests - senior diplomats, respected media personalities, and business leaders.
- Tallinn’s RE buyer market sees oversupply despite buoyant demand
The Estonian real estate market has been robust and viable despite an increase in prices.
- Baltics: 368 million Euros pumped into commercial property acquisitions
In the first half of 2017, investor activity in commercial real estate in the Baltic countries was not uncommon, but the recorded scope of investment showed an unfading interest in modern commercial property.
- Riga lags behind Vilnius and Tallinn in RE development
Although Tallinn and Vilnius outpace Riga in terms of construction activity, with the new developments in the Latvian capital being mostly focused in Riga, Jurmala and the suburban areas of Riga, the situation is expected to improve significantly over the next two years as ca.
- INVL Baltic RE has first-half net profit of 1.5 m Euros
The real estate investment company INVL Baltic Real Estate’s consolidated net profit for the first half of this year was of EURO 1.
- INVL Baltic RE signs agreement on sale of Kirtimu Street property
The real estate investment company INVL Baltic Real Estate has signed an agreement on the sale of 3,000 square metres of office and warehouse premises on Kirtimu Street in Vilnius.
- Lords LB Baltic Fund IV has acquired shopping centre GO9
On August 22, 2017, Lords LB Baltic Fund IV, real estate investment fund managed by the investment management company Lords LB Asset Management, signed a purchase agreement for the shopping centre GO9.
- Pro Kapital concludes contract for sale of Tallinn and Riga hotels
AS Pro Kapital Grupp, an Estonian-based holding company has concluded in late July the contracts for the sale of group hotels PK Ilmarine and PK Riga.
- How deep and how long for Latvia and Estonia?
It seems likely that Lithuania will be in for a long, painful economic crisis. But the question remains, how will the other two Baltic states - which have so far been hit hard by the crisis - hold up?
- The year of the tightening belt
Doom and gloom is forecast for the Lithuanian economy in 2009. Negative growth rates and high unemployment are in store for the country, which is experiencing its first financial woes since European Union accession.
- Tallinn’s seasonal market
For eight years, the Old Town of Tallinn has hosted a fairytalelike Christmas Market in the Town Hall Square. Opened on the first day of Advent, it will last until Jan. 7 and bring the holiday spirit to both young and old.
- Latvia’s holiday markets
One of the most wonderful traditions of Christmas in Europe is certainly the Christmas market, and in Latvia, the industry is thriving.
- Go west, young country
Christmas all over the world has become commercialized. Ever since Coca Cola reinvented Santa Claus, companies realized the commercial potential of the holiday.
- CHRISTMAS season
The first snow has fallen, brightly decorated trees have popped up all over the city, and advertisments for holiday sales have appeared in most shop windows.
- Estonian arts and crafts still alive
The history of Estonian handicrafts goes back centuries. Estonia was, for most of its history, occupied by Germans or Danish, and the development of handicrafts has been affected in the same way as other aspects of the lives of Estonian peasantry.
- Local goods start and end online
The handicrafts’ industry is one of a few that has not been seriously affected by the economic crisis. For many, the Internet has offered a way out.
- Made in the Baltics
One of the most wonderful features of the cultural history of the Baltic States is the fascinating legacy of handicrafts – works of art made by hand, the old fashioned way.
- Handicrafts
One of the first and most memorable things that people notice when visiting the Baltics are the region’s carefully crafted homemade handicrafts.
- Higher education awaits reformation
The Lithuanian higher education system must be reorganized in order to be efficient and competitive.