Lithuania’s authorities are considering providing another 30 million euros in EU money to Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Panevezys and Siauliai to help them purchase electric buses. If the Cabinet gives the go-ahead, the money will be allocated from the already-provided European Regional Development Fund. Some 22.9 million euros were spent on environment-friendly buses in 2018 and…
Turkmenistan Airlines company has cancelled the Ashgabat – Kazan – Ashgabat and Ashgabat – St. Petersburg – Ashgabat flights on February 20-27. The decision was caused by technical necessity. Passengers of canceled flights will be offered the nearest departure dates or a full refund. Turkmenistan Airlines suspended flights to Beijing (China) in late January with…
Kutaisi International Airport serviced 10% of international visitors who entered Georgia by plane in 2019. “We are expanding Kutaisi International Airport. In the near future we will start reconstruction of the new passenger terminal, which will give us the opportunity to welcome even more visitors,” said Head of the United Airports of Georgia Tamar Archuadze.…
In 2019, Ukrainian transport companies increased passenger turnover by 3.3% YoY, according to a report on the implementation of the program of activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. “Passenger traffic continued to grow (3.3% against 5.1% in 2018) due to the stable development of air transport in the context of the liberalization of…
Residents of Tallinn have rejected mayor Mihhail Kolvart’s proposal to limit driving speed within city limits to 40 km/h, forcing the municipality to look for other ways to control road traffic speed. The proposal to limit driving speed in Tallinn to 40 km/h was presented in autumn 2019. The idea was justified with how several…
Europe’s largest bus company, FlixBus, will start traveling to Tallinn under plans to expand to eastern and western Europe in the first half of 2020. The Ministry of Economy has approved FlixBus Polska’s request to open bus routes on Berlin-Tallinn, Warsaw-Tallinn and Prague-Tallinn. “We are preparing to start operations in the Baltic States,” said Michal…
Head of Ukravtodor Automobile Road Agency Oleksandr Kubrakov says Ukraine’s main highways network could be upgraded within two or three years. “I think the country has a chance to get good roads and renew their main network in two or three years. But we can show a truly unprecedented result and construction scope as early…