Over 250 Russian and Belarusian trucks were refused entry into Lithuania following the EU’s fifth package of sanctions against the two countries. Meanwhile, unprecedented queues of trucks have formed on the Lithuanian side of the border with Belarus. According to the Customs Department, the queues at the Lithuanian border with Belarus have never been so…
Polish rolling stock maker PESA is set to equip Tallinn with 23 new trams worth EUR 50 million after winning the city’s tender. The first vehicles are set to arrive in 2024. Tallinn’s international tram procurement attracted three bidders, with PESA emerging as the winner, the city government reported. The tender is worth EUR 50…
On April 11, Klaipeda started a new cruise season, with 80 cruise ships expected to arrive this year. The season was opened by the Conti Group-owned Hamburg cruise ship that brought more than 300 German tourists to Klaipeda. The 144-meter-long Hamburg, with a capacity of 420 passengers operated by German company Plantours Kreuzfahrten was docked…
Russian ships currently being repaired at the Izmail shipyard will soon be forcibly seized in favor of Ukraine. This was announced by the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Maksym Marchenko. “As for the Russia-flagged ships, which are currently at the shipyard in the city of Izmail, the Cabinet of Ministers will soon decide…
Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air will launch four new routes from Poland this coming summer season. “Wizz Air announces today the addition of four new routes to its flights from Poland,” the airline said. “From June, Wizz passengers will be able to travel from Warsaw Chopin Airport to the capital of Denmark – Copenhagen, and…
Lithuania cannot unilaterally cut off railway transit between mainland Russia and the exclave of Kaliningrad, according to Transport Minister Marius Skuodis. “As for unilateral decisions on the Kaliningrad transit, such a thing is probably not theoretically possible, because this is an agreement between the European Union and Russia,” he told reporters on April 6. If…
Tallink Grupp on April 4 signed an agreement with the Social Insurance Board (SKA) to charter out the MS Isabelle from April 7 in order to provide temporary accommodation in Tallinn to war refugees from Ukraine. Refugees who have thus far been staying at hotels in Tallinn will be transferred to accommodations aboard the Isabelle.…