5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (346+ words) As Canada’s retaliatory tariffs take effect, the US has decided to ban imports of a range of Canadian products, including alcohol, dairy products and motorbikes, the BBC reports. In orders issued on the 8th of September, US President Donald Trump said…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (341+ words) Russia’s federal budget spending on the war in Ukraine reached a historic high between January and June 2026. The aggressor state spent 10.687 trillion rubles (106.28 billion euros) on military needs and weapons production, Dialog.ua reports. The figures were published by Janis…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (296+ words) The Ministry of Transport has no information about Latvian ports refusing to accept domestic grain, the ministry told BNN. The government also decided that ports and state-owned Latvijas dzelzceļš must ensure priority access for the transportation of products from Latvian…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (485+ words) If cargo traffic towards the east were completely halted, total cargo turnover at the Port of Liepāja would fall by around 40%, representatives of the Liepāja Special Economic Zone (SEZ) said. Commenting on the proposal to ban the transit of agricultural…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (149+ words) Tallinn Airport handled nearly 390,000 passengers in August, the best monthly figure in the airport’s history, and 16% more than in August last year, writes ERR News. The majority (94%) of passengers in August used regular routes, while the remaining six percent were…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (780+ words) Latvia’s national airline airBaltic will offer 57 direct routes from Riga throughout the next summer season, nearly 20% fewer than during this year’s summer season. At the same time, the airline will increase flight frequencies on 12 of its most popular routes, according…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (368+ words) After a weekend storm left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in Lithuania as well, traders have reported a sharp increase in demand for generators and other emergency goods. Some traders said that sales of generators had increased by…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1628+ words) What exactly would this “domino effect” look like? Could it mean insolvency among port companies? A “domino effect” is a chain reaction in which one event or action triggers a series of subsequent events that may have far-reaching consequences. A…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (249+ words) Beijing has vowed to protect its interests after the US announced it would extend sanctions on Iran and its trading partners, including China, the BBC reports. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said the country firmly opposes unilateral, illegal sanctions and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (807+ words) Lithuania should not invest in Latvia’s national airline airBaltic until the financially troubled company becomes profitable, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said on Friday. “The company needs to make very radical decisions to cut costs and increase profitability. Until there are…...