BNS
Source Passport
EE-M-00001-0
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Not disclosed
- Country
- Estonia
- Type
- News agency
- Founded
- 1990
- Editor-in-chief
- Not disclosed
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Not yet disclosed
1 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- Owners not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(a)
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- BNS (UAB BNS, Lithuania), 'About' page, read 2026-10-19 (the agency is owned by the Lithuanian 15min Group, which also owns the news portal 15min.lt, radio stations M-1, M-1 Plus, Lietus, M-1 Dance, Laluna and magazines Žmonės, Ji, Legendos; founded 1990; offices in Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn)
- Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council), decision No. 60 'Par tirgus dalībnieku apvienošanos', 23.12.2015, Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 3, 06.01.2016, read 2026-10-19 (OÜ MM Grupp, reg. 10515366, through OÜ UP Invest, cleared to acquire decisive influence over SIA LETA, reg. No. 40003229349, Marijas iela 2, Rīga; MM Grupp group then included OÜ BNS Group (EE), UAB BNS (LT), SIA BNS-Latvija)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(b) and (c)
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- MM Grupp OÜ (Margus Linnamäe) as of 2015: OÜ BNS Group (Estonia) was then listed among MM Grupp group companies; current owner of the Estonian agency not confirmed
2 sources
- Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council), decision No. 60 'Par tirgus dalībnieku apvienošanos', 23.12.2015, Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 3, 06.01.2016, read 2026-10-19 (OÜ MM Grupp, reg. 10515366, through OÜ UP Invest, cleared to acquire decisive influence over SIA LETA, reg. No. 40003229349, Marijas iela 2, Rīga; MM Grupp group then included OÜ BNS Group (EE), UAB BNS (LT), SIA BNS-Latvija)
- inforegister.ee (data from the Estonian e-Business Register), MM Grupp OÜ 10515366, read 2026-10-19 (Margus Linnamäe 100% shareholder and registered beneficial owner)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
EMFA Art. 6(1)(d), plus revenue mix
- State advertising and third-country public revenue
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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