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In this week’s episode you will hear how the Baltic states are becoming a serious startup hub. How Lithuanians are opening a Christmas market in an old prison. Why Americans put a Latvian oligarch in their sanctions' list and why Estonian kids have to often get their pills from Finland.
Cover: Sunset Palanga Lithuania by Ian Britton.

In this week’s episode you will hear about struggling Baltic pensioners, why Danes and Lithuanians got into a fight, how many Russian speakers are happy to live in Latvia and how Estonians rocked the more important education test in the world. Cover: Empty field and boring snow by Anita.

In this week’s episode you will hear about Turkey's refusal to support a NATO defence plan for the Baltics and Poland, about Europe's most nationalistic and eurosceptic politicians meeting in Estonia, about an exceptional investigation of Latvia's illicit cigarette mafia, and Lithuania's special relationship with Ukraine. Cover: Northern Lights over the Baltic Sea Tallinn Estonia by Guillaume Speurt.

In this week's episode: the influence of the Russian state channel Sputnik in the Baltics. How Lithuanian truck driving companies are threatening to move to Poland if Lithuania improves the conditions of the drivers. About Estonia’s false image of an IT country. And why Latvians want early elections. Listen to these stories and more in this week's Baltic Reports. Cover: Colors of Osmussaar by Anita.

In this week's episode of the #BalticReports: it is now easier for the Baltic students to study in the Benelux countries and vice versa; Lithuania is the best in Europe when it comes to recycling plastic. A Latvian bank boss is paying around one million dollars to clean his name in the US. Shopping in Estonia is getting as expensive as in Finland. Listen to these stories and more in this week's Baltic Reports. Cover photo: Kuldīga by Karlis Dambrans.

Rand Corporation report on NATO troops in the Baltics, Estonia seeking to extend food export to China, EKRE attacks on LGBT, protesting medics and high-profile corruption case in Latvia, investigation of links between Orlen and Lithuanian Government, and Lithuania at the UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women. These are the stories on #BalticReports this week. Cover: Off Shore (explored)by Markus Trienke.