- Latvia’s State Police to rotate top officials
State Police chief Armands Ruks has decided as of January 1, 2022, to rotate officials of the Economic Crimes Division, the Organized Crime Division and the Forensics Division.
- Estonia cuts validity period of vaccination certificate to nine months
The Estonian government announced that it has shortened the acceptance period for COVID vaccination certificates from one year to nine months; the decision will enter into force on February 1.
- Lithuania sees Russia's UN event as 'yet another effort to spread false narrative'
Lithuania sees the UN Security Council's informal Arria-formula meeting that Russia is convening on Wednesday on "the situation with national minorities and the glorification of Nazism in the Baltic and Black Sea regions" as "yet another effort to spread a false narrative about neighboring countries", the Foreign Ministry said on December 23.
- European court bans Lithuania from pushing 4 Pakistanis back to Belarus
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued on December 23 an interim measure banning Lithuania from pushing four Pakistanis back to Belarus, the 15min online news site has reported.
- Lithuanian parliament allows restricting irregular migrants' movement for another 6 months
The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, has allowed the authorities to restrict the movement of irregular migrants in Lithuania for up to a year.
- Lithuanian parliament rejects president's intelligence ombudsperson veto
The Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania on December 23 rejected President Gitanas Nauseda's veto on the creation of the institution of an intelligence ombudsperson.
- Latvia’s Corruption Prevention Bureau ends criminal procedure against MPs Valainis and Nemiro
The Corruption Prevention and Combating BUreau (KNAB) has not found signs of bribery and has ended criminal procedures against MPs Viktors Valainis (Greens/Farmers) and Ralfs Nemiro (Independent), KNAB announced on December 23.
- Lithuanian industry may lose around 300 million euros due to China's pressure in 2022
Around 60 Lithuanian companies are currently facing problems due to China's unofficial sanctions, Vidmantas Janulevicius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), has said.
- Extraordinary subsidy helps cover losses from delivery of periodicals in Estonia
Estonia's state-held postal company Eesti Post said on December 22 that the extraordinary subsidy for the delivery of periodicals allocated by the government for 2022 will help cover the losses caused by the home delivery of periodicals.
- Isamaa wants physical barriers on Estonian-Russian border in SE Estonia
The group of Estonian opposition Isamaa party in the Riigikogu has submitted a bill according to which, in order to prevent illegal migration, physical barriers should be built urgently on the Estonian-Russian border in Southeast Estonia.
- Estonia to invest 300 million euro in R&D, 30 million euro in digital state
The Estonian state is about to invest more than 300 million euros in research and development and 30 million euros in the foundations of the digital state in 2022, according to the draft of the state budget approved by the Cabinet.
- Estonian Fiscal Council: 2022 state budget should be based on slower economic growth
The Estonian economy will grow 9.5 percent this year and 4 percent next year, according to the 2021 summer economic forecast by the Ministry of Finance, released on September 23.
- Lithuanian companies invested 180 million euros in Ukraine in 2020
Last year, direct investment of Lithuanian business in Ukraine amounted ton180 million euros, mostly in the financial sector and trade.
- Lithuania reports 1,464 new coronavirus cases, 14 deaths
Lithuania registered 1,464 new coronavirus infections and 14 deaths from COVID-19 over September 24, the country's statistics office said.
- Estonian MP says that Lithuania has no long-term plan on China
Vilnius has no long-term plan amid its diplomatic confrontation with China, Marko Mihkelson, head of the Estonian parliamentary foreign affairs committee, said in an interview with Estonian daily Postimees.
- UK's Zaha Hadid Architects present best Vilnius Connect idea
Green Connect, an architectural project by British company Zaha Hadid Architects, has been deemed the best for a new railway station complex in Vilnius, called Vilnius Connect, the Lithuanian capital's authorities said on September 23.
- 2,684 people have died of coronavirus in Latvia
On September 26, cumulative 14-day COVID-19 incidence in Latvia exceeded 400 cases per 100,000 residents, according to information released by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
- Lithuanian parliament speaker suggests that Jew savers' examples be part of public education
Jew savers' examples should become a significant part of public education and future policies, Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen said at the Paneriai Memorial in Vilnius on September 23, as Lithuania marked 80 years since the start of the Holocaust in the country.
- Lithuanian haulers looking to relocate to Latvia
Faced with a shortage of truck drivers and disruptions in logistics chains, Lithuanian haulage companies are considering moving their businesses not only to Poland, but also to Latvia, according to Linava, the national road carriers' association.
- Coronavirus update: Lithuania reports 61 cases, one death over June 26-27
Lithuania reported 17 new coronavirus cases on June 27, in addition to 44 new infections reported on June 26.