Slovakia: train travel between Petrzalka and Vienna to change for five days

Passengers travelling between Bratislava and Vienna will face temporary changes for five days in September, with some trains replaced by buses and departures from Bratislava leaving much earlier than usual. From September 14 to September 18, construction work on railway infrastructure in Austria will interrupt services between Bratislava-Petrzalka, Kittsee and Parndorf each day from approximately…

Armenia: Russian restrictions on goods appealed

Armenia has appealed the restrictions imposed by Russia on Armenian goods and expects them to be lifted through mechanisms provided within the Eurasian Economic Union, the Deputy Economy Minister Tigran Gasparyan has told reporters. According to him, not only Armenia’s direct contacts with Russia are important, but also the opportunities available to Armenia within the…

Baltic States: joint response to Russian and Belarusian grain transit discussed

Lithuania is discussing a joint response with Latvia and Estonia to efforts to transit Russian and Belarusian grain through the Baltic States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius has said. Sinkevicius said he discussed the issue by phone with his Latvian counterpart on September 7, amid reports that grain allegedly stolen from Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories could…

Baltic States: Estonian firm buys Lithuanian agricultural group Litagra

Infortar’s subsidiary Infortar Agro is expanding into Lithuania by buying agricultural group UAB Litagra, which operates in milk and crop production, poultry farming, feed manufacturing and other farming activities. Litagra is a Lithuanian agricultural group that began operations in 1991. The Litagra group includes UAB Joniskio Grudai, UAB Litagros Zemes Ukio Centras and Agrohold Estonia…