The construction of the 600 MW back-to-back Vulcanesti station is no longer technically and economically justified, concludes a study by the World Bank, presented at a round table at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development (MIDR). The study evaluates the technical and economic feasibility of the investment in the construction of the back-to-back (BtB)…
Inflation has stalled the renovation of apartment blocks in Lithuania. As construction costs increase, companies are unwilling to participate in undervalued tenders, while residents are not fond of paying more than initially planned. Mindaugas Gikas was one of the initiators of the renovation of a five-storey apartment block in Vilnius. He says he and his…
The regional road L442 – Straseni – Voinova (Straseni district) was rehabilitated and modernized, and a reception committee found that the works were carried out according to plan. The activities within the project concerned the reconstruction and modernization of 10 km of road. Its beneficiaries are the residents of Straseni, the commune of Ghelauza, the…
Travel time from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi to the central part of the country’s eastern Kakheti region will be reduced to one hour and 20 minutes thanks to a new highway that is due to become operational over the next two years, the Ministry of Infrastructure has announced. The state body said the construction…
The renovated Darius and Girenas Stadium in Kaunas hosted its inaugural game on October 16 following a 43-million-euro renovation. Addresses by the city’s mayor as well as the head of the Lithuanian Football Federation were met with booing amid ongoing controversies. At the opening ceremony, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijosaitis said: “The dream of Darius and…
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced on October 7 the completion of conservation works for the synagogue and church in Rascov, on the left bank of the Dniester. It was possible due to the support of the EU Confidence-Building Measures Programme, implemented by UNDP Moldova. “Such constructions no longer exist in Moldova. The stone…
A 1,750 metre-long zipline, the longest dual structure of the type in Europe, will be built in western Georgia’s Adjara region, with the regional tourism department revealing the news on October 5. Set to be constructed on Chikhuri mountain in the highland areas of the Black Sea coastline region’s Shuakhevi municipality, the zipline will be…