All three Baltic States have poorly developed railway system. On top of that, the countries’ railway infrastructure is very poorly connected to other countries, as concluded in the monthly “Connection Failed” study by Greenpeace. The study analysed existing and potentially direct railway connections between the biggest European cities as compared to air connections. In total,…
More than EUR 1 billion will be given to the Rail Baltic project, which will eventually connect Tallinn to the Polish border, the European Commission has said. Together with national co-financing from the three Baltic States, the available funding will increase by EUR 1.5 billion, Latvia’s public broadcaster LSM reports. Of the additional funding, Estonia…
No cross-border bus services are planned between southern Estonia and northern Latvia this summer. A pilot project has been postponed until 2025. Public transport companies wanted to launch a two-year program this summer with financial assistance from the European Union. The plan has now been pushed back until approximately next spring. Problems arose due to…
The Baltic power transmission system operators on July 16 notified Russia and Belarus of the non-extension of the so-called BRELL contract and their withdrawal from the Moscow-controlled post-Soviet electricity system as of February 2025. Lithuania’s Litgrid, Latvia’s AST and Estonia’s Elering “have notified Russian and Belarusian operators on the non-extension of the BRELL agreement, which…
The Baltic power transmission system operators plan to notify Russia and Belarus about their decision not to renew the so-called BRELL contract and to exit the Moscow-controlled post-Soviet electricity system until February 2025, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry reports. “In the coming weeks, the Baltic transmission system operators will inform the other parties of their joint…
Klaipeda port authority will need to pay Latvian construction company BMGS JSC nearly half a million euros for additional work during the reconstruction of a berth, as ruled by the Lithuanian Court of Arbitration. On July 4, the court lifted the ruling of the March 8 of Klaipeda Regional Court and imposed the disbursement of…
The Baltic States will present a capability development plan at this week’s NATO summit in Washington, D.C., the Lithuanian and Estonian presidents have said. They have also called for the necessary military capabilities to be assigned to the regional defence plans approved at the NATO summit in Vilnius last year. “Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have…