The main Rail Baltica route connecting the Baltic States must be completed until 2030, confirmed European Commission Coordinator Catherine Trautmann at the Latvian parliament. However, according to Trautmann, the project will not be considered complete until all Baltic capitals, including Riga, are connected to the European rail network. Latvia’s parliamentary Rail Baltica investigation committee invited…
While the completion date for Rail Baltica has recently been set at 2030, it may not be possible to travel on the railway until 2031. Currently, the Ministry of Climate estimates that the Estonian section of Rail Baltica will cost 3 billion euros, and this figure assumes significant cuts to the originally planned scope. In…
Baltic transmission system operators (TSOs) have confirmed the planned launch of a frequency reserve capacity, with the first auction date set for February 4, 2025. The launch of the frequency reserve capacity market is an important step in the Baltic power grids’ synchronization with the Continental European frequency area. The goal of the market is…
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…