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With 2.8 million euros invested, a new Virši service station opened in Berģi | 'Dzintars' collaborates with Latvian manufacturers to create 3 new hand creams | The largest solar park in the Baltics, with a production capacity exceeding 77 MW, is now in operation in Estonia | 7 regional stations and stops foreseen in the Rail Baltica section Kaunas-Latvian border as approved by the Government ...
Latvia - the latest news - The Baltic Times
LETA/TBT Staff. RIGA - Latvian higher education institutions ranked in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 have not been ranked among the top 1,000, according to the ranking data. Riga Technical University (RTU) and the University of Latvia (LU) share ... Read more. Russian assets frozen in Europe to serve as collateral ...
Lithuania - the latest news - The Baltic Times
7 regional stations and stops foreseen in the Rail Baltica section Kaunas-Latvian border as approved by the Government. 2024-10-11. Lithuanian Government has approved a special plan for the development of regional stations on the Rail Baltica section from Kaunas to the Lithuanian-Latvian border, providing the possibility of connecting the Rail ...
Lithuania ready if Russia cuts it off from BRELL power grid – Nauseda
Jun 23, 2022 · Lithuania ready if Russia cuts it off from BRELL power grid – Nauseda. 2022-06-23. BNS/TBT Staff. VILNIUS – Lithuania will be prepared if Moscow carries out its threats to disconnect it and the other Baltic countries from the common electricity system with Belarus and Russia (BRELL), President Gitanas Nauseda has said. A member of the ...
A Basic Primer on the Baltic States for Those Who Are Curious
Jan 16, 2024 · A Basic Primer on the Baltic States for Those Who Are Curious. The Baltic Sea – lots of countries have at least part of their borders on it – Finland, Poland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and even small pieces of Russia and Germany. But over time, the Baltic countries that are recognized as a geopolitical group are Estonia, Latvia ...
Lithuania to buy patrol vessels from Finland – ministry
2022-04-27. BNS/TBT Staff. VILNIUS - Lithuania plans to acquire patrol vessels from Finland, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday. The acquisition of Jehu-class patrol boats was discussed during Lithuanian Deputy National Defense Minister Vilius Semeska's meeting with Raimo Jyvasjarvi, national armament director general at ...
Russia mocks Estonian plans to fence border - The Baltic Times
Aug 26, 2015 · Estonian newspaper Postimees reported the barbed-wire, two-meter-tall, and 108-kilometer-long fence will be equipped with the video cameras and patrolled with drones. It will be span two-thirds of the Estonian-Russian border, and its construction is scheduled to start in 2018. The project’s cost is estimated at 71 million euros. “There is ...
Nordic, Baltic countries' contribution to helping Ukraine discussed …
Sep 7, 2022 · TALLINN – The focus of the gathering of the Baltic Assembly and the Nordic Council in Reykjavik, Iceland, is the war in Ukraine, and alongside the Ukrainians, representatives of the democratic opposition of Russia and Belarus are …
EU - the latest news - The Baltic Times
Poland rolls out plans for fortifications on its border with Russia and Belarus. 2024-05-27. LETA/AP/TBT Staff. WARSAW - Defense officials in NATO member Poland were presenting plans Monday for fortifications and strengthening of its eastern border with Russia and Moscow ally Belarus. The government says that Poland, which supports Ukraine in ...
Latvian opera mourns death of Anita Garanca - The Baltic Times
2015-08-05. By Michael Mustillo. The Latvian National Opera has announced the death of Anita Garanca, one of the country’s most prominent and admired vocal teachers, who passed away on July 23, aged 66. Born in 1949, Anita Garanca was also the mother of internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca. Elina Garanca had recently ...