Latvia’s national airline, airBaltic, has repaid the first instalment of its state loan amounting to 6.4 million euro, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT). The ministry stated that airBaltic was meeting its obligations and had completed the first repayment under the loan agreement in the amount of 6.4 million euro. The 30 million euros…
Moldova will receive additional financial support of 150 million euros, in order to modernize a section of the Chisinau ring road and rehabilitate the M1 Chisinau-Leuseni segment. The funds will be provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The government has approved the draft law for the ratification of the Agreement to…
Moldova and Iceland will operate direct flights. Deputy Prime Minister, Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Vladimir Bolea and Warsaw-based Ambassador of Iceland to Moldova Fridrik Jonsson today signed the Agreement on Air Services between the governments of the two states. The document establishes the regulatory framework for bilateral air services and includes provisions on aviation…
Czech rail operator Leo Express will next month launch a new train route from Poland to Germany via the Czech Republic that will be one of the longest rail services in Europe, spanning more than 1,300 km (800 miles). The daily service, due to begin on June 25, will run between the eastern Polish city…
Recent GPS disruptions across the Baltic Sea region are forcing aviation and defense sectors to prepare for unreliable satellite navigation, an Estonian researcher warns. Tallinn University of Technology (Taltech) senior lecturer Ivo Muursepp explained that GPS interference is often described using a single general term, although two distinct technologies must be distinguished: jamming and spoofing.…
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are purchasing up to 20 regional trains for the Rail Baltica route. The locos will operate on the Rail Baltica line, solely within their home country and stopping at local stations. The joint procurement was announced in March and will see Lithuania ordering up to eight trains, Estonia between five and…
The broader the coalition forming a government that would work until the elections, the better, said Andris Kulbergs, the prime ministerial nominee from United List (AS), in an interview with TV3 on May 18. The politician suggested that it might be possible to reach an agreement on forming a government among five political forces –…