The priority is to connect the three Baltic States with the European railway network until 2030 – this is a strategic necessity, and therefore the focus should be on the construction of the baseline, stresses Catherine Trautmann, coordinator of the North Sea Baltic Transport Corridor of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The…
The Baltic defensive line is beginning to take shape – Estonia is testing bunkers, Latvia is putting up concrete blocks and Lithuania is acquiring mines. Since first being announced following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Estonia has tested three different types of bunkers to see which would best withstand 155mm artillery shells. “We are having…
Two agreements were signed that would see the European Union hand over more than EUR 1 billion in funding for the Rail Baltic infrastructure project, according to RB Rail. The initial funding announcement was made this summer, and now the agreement had been confirmed, Latvia’s public broadcaster LSM reported on November 5. The funding totals…
With 100 days to go before the planned synchronisation of the Baltic power grids with continental Europe, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys does not expect Russian provocations against Lithuania. He points out that Moscow is also dependent on Lithuania energetically, as it is a transit country for gas and electricity going to the Russian region of…
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are all to blame for the problems with Rail Baltic because they have never agreed on the details, the chairman of the Latvian parliament’s investigative committee has said. It could also be reclassified as a military project. The Rail Baltic Research Committee of the Latvian Parliament is currently preparing its final…
According to the Latvian government, the Estonian-Latvian Rail Baltica link will be built during the last phase of construction, with the entire route on track to be completed until 2030. Estonian Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Svet (SDE) says a big problem for the Latvian section of the project is the desire to build an additional…
The Latvian Ministry of Transport has published a report indicating that the country may not complete the Rail Baltica connection to Estonia before 2030. The Ministry of Transport has submitted a plan for coordination, identifying the establishment of a connection with Estonia as the first phase of Rail Baltica development. While the ministry is prioritizing…