The joint company of the three Baltic States “RB Rail” has submitted a request for more than EUR 325 million for Rail Baltica in the new Connecting Europe Facility breach. In Latvia funding has been applied for the southern section of the Rail Baltica base track in the direction from the Lithuanian border to Salaspils…
This year the Government has allocated UAH 1.6 billion for the purchase of school buses. Thanks to the subvention, communities will be able to purchase new vehicles or replace those destroyed by the war. In total, it is planned to purchase about 460 buses for Ukrainian schools. Procurement will be carried out through the Prozorro…
Sofia Airport has introduced free access to the Terminal 2 bus parking lot (P8) for tour operators’ buses and coaches throughout the winter season of 2024-2025. The initiative, aimed at supporting the active winter tourist season and facilitating high-intensity transfers, was agreed upon between the Minister of Tourism Evtim Miloshev and the airport concessionaire SOF…
Transport Minister Eugenijus Sabutis believes that it is realistic to build the Rail Baltica European standard-gauge railway between Lithuania and Poland until 2030. In Latvia and Estonia, however, the line is likely to be completed later. “First of all, the question we have to answer is whether this is realistic in Lithuania and Poland. It’s…
Ukraine has opened a new customs terminal in Kryve Ozero, Mykolaiv region, Vitaliy Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, has announced on Telegram. “I was invited to the opening of a new customs terminal in Kryve Ozero. This is the Mykolaiv region. Not a war zone, on the Odesa-Kyiv highway. The terminal…
Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov has expressed optimism about the potential abolition of US visas for Bulgarian citizens. In a written response to MP Martin Dimitrov, Kondov outlined the progress and challenges in meeting the criteria for inclusion in the US Visa Waiver Program. The minister noted that Bulgaria must achieve a visa refusal rate of…
The state budget for 2025 provides UAH 1.6 billion for the purchase of school buses to maximise the number of children attending full-time education facilities, especially in rural areas. Thus, the Government has recently approved the distribution of the state budget subvention to local budgets for the purchase of school buses in 2025 among the…