ELTA
Source Passport
LT-M-00003-0
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- Legal name
- News agency ELTA UAB
- Country
- Lithuania
- Type
- News agency
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Not disclosed
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) on record, not yet checked
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
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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
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(b) and (c)
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type AS Ekspress Grupp – Company HHL Rühm OÜ Indirect Company Hans Luik (76% of HHL Rühm OÜ) Indirect Person - Beneficial owners Pending check
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- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- AS Ekspress Grupp (HHL Rühm OÜ, Hans Luik)
3 sources
- AS Ekspress Grupp, consolidated annual report 2025 (stock-exchange filing, GlobeNewswire attachment), read 2026-10-19 (Hans H. Luik and companies under his control hold 96.12% via OÜ HHL Rühm at 31.12.2025; group companies incl. Delfi Meedia AS, Õhtuleht Kirjastus AS (JV), Delfi A/S, Biļešu Paradīze SIA and D Screens SIA (Latvia), Delfi UAB and News agency ELTA UAB (Lithuania); 100% of Lrytas UAB to be sold to UAB Admisa, agreement signed 23.12.2025; Liina Liiv chairman/CEO from 1.1.2026; 2025 revenue: advertising 48.7%, subscriptions 26.2%; EU-funded AI project of Delfi UAB)
- inforegister.ee (data from the Estonian e-Business Register), Aktsiaselts Ekspress Grupp 10004677, read 2026-10-19 (legal name; registry code; address; registered 13.12.1995; shareholder HHL RÜHM OÜ from 10.07.2026, contribution EUR 18,573,787.2 of EUR 18,575,605.2 share capital; registered beneficial owner Hans Luik, >50% of votes in the consolidated entity; board Liina Liiv, Rain Sarapuu; subsidiaries Delfi Meedia AS 100% and Õhtuleht Kirjastus AS 100%; website egrupp.ee; info@egrupp.ee)
- inforegister.ee (data from the Estonian e-Business Register), HHL Rühm OÜ 10743222, read 2026-10-19 (shareholders Hans Luik 76%, Epp Nael 12%, a second Hans Luik 12%; all three registered beneficial owners; board member Hans Luik)
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
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- Delfi (Lithuania)
- Lrytas
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Networks) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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