Global Positioning System (GPS) disruptions in Latvian airspace were recorded 510 times during the first five months of this year, representing a 4.5% decrease compared with the same period in 2025, according to Latvia’s state-owned air navigation service provider, Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS). In May alone, 131 incidents involving disruptions to global satellite navigation systems…
Latvia’s Economy Minister Viktors Valainis met with representatives of the Latvian Stevedoring Companies Association on June 10 to discuss key challenges facing the port sector, opportunities for attracting investment, port governance reform, the competitiveness of Latvia’s transit corridor, and support instruments for business development, the Ministry of Economics reported. The discussions focused particularly on the…
Latvia’s inability to complete Rail Baltic construction by the set deadline will inevitably end up costing Estonia as well, Auditor General Janar Holm has said. The Riigikogu Anti-Corruption Select Committee discussed the Rail Baltica construction schedule, the sustainability of its financing and the main risks related to the project’s implementation on June 8. Sander Salmu,…
Wizz Air has launched twice-weekly direct flights from Vilnius to Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, marking the start of the summer season route. “Podgorica is another European capital now conveniently reachable from Vilnius,” said Simonas Bartkus, chief executive of Lithuanian Airports, adding that the new route expanded summer travel options across the region. The Hungarian…
For the first time in the country’s history, Vilnius Airport has surpassed Riga Airport in monthly passenger numbers. “More passengers boarded and disembarked at Vilnius Airport than at Riga Airport in May. A milestone we hardly dared expect to reach three years ago,” Simonas Bartkus, chief executive of Lithuanian Airports, wrote on Facebook. Excluding transit…
Major scheduled repair work to eliminate road surface damage has been completed on state-important roads. Since the beginning of the year, almost 14 million sq. m of road surface has been repaired. Despite difficult weather conditions and security challenges, repairs continued in all regions of the country. Such a pace and volume of work was…
Tallinn Airport set a new passenger record in May, handling over 354,000 passengers in a single month and seeing a 13% YoY increase. Eero Pargmae, member of the management board of Tallinn Airport, said the biggest factor behind the growth is low-cost carrier Wizz Air’s expansion in Tallinn. While the airline offered only one direct…