TALLINN – A summary of BNS's top news from Thursday. - The Estonian state will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the restoration of its independence on August 20. On this occasion, President Alar ...

RIGA - "The decision to shoot down the drone was made to prevent it from harming Latvian residents," Defense Minister Raivis Melnis told LETA.

From August 21 to 28, 2026, the art space Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, 00510, Helsinki, Finland) will host Latvieshi International, a week-long audiovisual art exhibition. It will feature new works ...

Latgale forms the eastern border of Latvia, the European Union and NATO, while Rēzekne is a regional centre with significant manufacturing, technology and logistics potential and is increasingly ...

RIGA - The United List has opposed the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, but has not promised to immediately withdraw from the agreement, Prime Minister and United List prime ministerial ...

RIGA - The opportunities for cooperation between Latvia and India are vast, but the extent to which Latvia will be able to take advantage of them will depend on the country itself, emphasized Raimonds ...

TALLINN - Estonia has received its first payment of €351.6 million from the European Security Measures Facility (SAFE), representing 15 percent of the country's total allocation of €2.3 billion.

This year's fastest competitor was Aleksandr Ljahh in a Nissan Skyline GT-R, who set the new Estonian passenger car speed ...

Iute Group has expanded its digital banking ecosystem with iuteMarket, an integrated shopping service in the Myiute app.

The ship repair and shipbuilding industry remains an important contributor to the port's resilience and competitiveness. During the first half of the year, 46 vessels were repaired or modernised at ...

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – although differing in their performance, are doing remarkably well amid geopolitical tensions. Instead of buckling under the weight of the war in neighbouring Ukraine, ...

TALLINN - Tax revenues grew in the first half of the year, according to Kadri Klaos, head of the public finance department at the Ministry of Finance. "Tax revenues grew by 1.2 percent in the first ...