Poland: blockade of checkpoints to be lifted only after fulfillment of requirements

Legislative decisions are needed to prepare decisions on unblocking checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border, Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekerski has said. According to him, he spoke with protesters at the border. “We are waiting for the European Commission’s agreement on corn subsidies. We want to preserve preferential loans. We also want local authorities to be able…

Baltic States: passenger train route between Vilnius and Tallinn to depend in Latvian-Estonian agreement

The extension of passenger train connectivity between Vilnius and Riga to include Tallinn will depend on decisions of Latvian and Estonian officials, Lithuanian Minister of Transport Marius Skuodis has said. On December 27, at the opening of passenger train service connectivity between Vilnius and Riga, Skuodis told journalists that Latvia and Estonia were in the…

Ukraine: first train carrying international parcels arrives

JSC Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal operator, completed a test delivery of parcels from global marketplaces by rail. “Ukrposhta and the National Post of Estonia, Omniva, in cooperation with Slovakia’s Interport and Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukraine’s national railway operator), are implementing a new logistics solution for the delivery of international mail to Ukraine,” the company said on Facebook.…