Estonia’s 2027 state budget bill completed its second reading in parliament at 00:56 on Thursday, ERR reported. The government’s draft budget projects revenue of 19.4 billion euros next year, spending of nearly 20.2 billion euros and investment of almost 1.2 billion euros. Members of parliament a…

Justice Minister Rita Tamašunienė has not ruled out voting against next year’s state budget if Parliament makes no progress on an advisory referendum on the definition of family, LRT reported. “I think so,” Tamašunienė said on Thursday when asked by the Žinių radijas radio station whether she cou…

Estonia could be left without next year’s state budget if the minority government fails to compromise with opposition parties, Social Democratic Party leader Lauri Läänemets warned during the budget debate, ERR reported. The Riigikogu, Estonia’s parliament, continued the budget’s second reading o…

Estonia’s opposition parties will not support next year’s state budget in its current form and may vote against it in the final vote, saying the country can manage without an approved budget until April, ERR reports. The opposition had planned to interrupt the budget bill’s second reading in parl…

Estonia’s parliamentary Finance Committee has adopted two amendments to the 2027 state budget, including 7.47 million euros in additional funding to improve access to special care services, ERR reported. One amendment, drafted with the Finance Ministry, reallocates spending and investment funding…

Estonia’s parliament is scheduled to hold the second reading of the 2027 state budget bill and hear a report on healthcare funding at its Wednesday sitting, ERR reports. The session begins at 2 p.m. and will be streamed live on the ERR website. The sitting is due to open with the third readings o…

Uncertainty over Latvia’s next government and the state budget is making it harder for institutions to plan their work, Sanda Liepiņa, director of the Providus think tank, told the LETA news agency, according to LSM. Liepiņa said the time spent forming a government was not exceptional by itself. …

Estonia’s parliamentary finance committee reviewed half of the amendments submitted to the 2027 state budget on Monday, ERR reported. The committee approved a comprehensive amendment prepared by the government and submitted in the committee’s name. It includes 200,000 euros for the national volle…

Latvia’s State Audit Office has submitted proposals to help reduce government spending for the first time, as the Finance Ministry reviews possible cuts but has yet to decide on the most significant reductions, LSM reported. The ministry has assessed hundreds of savings measures. Finance Minister…

Work on next year’s state budget is proceeding on schedule despite negotiations to form a new government, LSM reports. Finance Minister Māris Kučinskis and Saeima Speaker Edvards Smiltēns, both from the United List, said the processes were continuing in parallel. Smiltēns said talks on forming a …

Estonia’s parliamentary Finance Committee failed to hold two extraordinary meetings on Friday because it lacked a quorum, ERR reported. Five of the committee’s 10 members attended the meeting scheduled for noon. All five were coalition members; the five opposition members were absent. Six members…

Estonia’s parliamentary opposition prevented a state budget debate from taking place in the Finance Committee on Thursday, saying members needed more time to review proposed amendments, ERR reported. Committee chair Annely Akkermann said the opposition did not want to do substantive work. The com…

Upper Austria plans a 2027 state budget with a financing deficit of 236 million euros while slightly increasing investment, ORF reported. The plans prioritise healthcare, childcare, housing, transport, artificial intelligence and digitalisation. The state has earmarked 798 million euros for inves…

Politicians submitted 95 amendments to Estonia’s 2027 state budget bill by Wednesday’s deadline for the second reading, ERR reported. The Estonian Conservative People’s Party submitted 44 proposals, the Centre Party faction 13, the Social Democratic Party faction and several MPs seven, and the Is…

Le financement de l'audiovisuel public européen est au coeur des tensions : en Tchéquie, le projet du gouvernement Babiš remplace la redevance de 205 couronnes par une dotation d'État, avec environ 15 % de ressources en moins, et a provoqué une grève le 3 novembre 2026. La Slovaquie a supprimé la redevance en 2023 et le budget de RTVS a chuté d'environ 30 % ; l'UER estime le financement polonais envisagé à environ 0,06 % du PIB, contre 0,12 % en moyenne européenne.

Lithuanian parliamentary committees and commissions will continue reviewing the 2027 state budget proposal on Wednesday, LRT reported. Six committees and two commissions are scheduled to examine the parts within their remits. The committees are Audit, Future, Energy and Sustainable Development, E…

Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas says some family-support measures in the 2027 state budget could be postponed, with the money redirected to other priorities, LRT reported. “One of the other challenges in the budget is addressing demographic problems and the family-support package,” Ol…

Presidential chief adviser Deividas Matulionis has called the 5% of GDP allocated to defence in Lithuania’s draft 2027 budget a minimum, saying more would be needed to meet all the country’s security goals. He told the LRT programme ELTA Week that the proposed funding should still be enough to ad…

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Lithuania’s parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and Labour plans to send the 2027 budget of Sodra, the state social insurance fund, back to the ministry for revision, LRT reports. The committee wants the budget to include higher childcare benefits from July 2027. Committee chairman Tomas To…

Democratic Union For Lithuania leader Virginijus Sinkevičius said his party would not support the 2027 state budget proposal currently before parliament, LRT reported. He said the Finance Ministry must do more to reduce the projected deficit and present a detailed plan for balancing public financ…

Latvia’s government has approved an additional €2.23 million in state funding for seven foreign film productions scheduled to shoot in the country in 2027, LSM reports. The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia approved the projects in its fourth selection round. They will receive a total o…