Baltic joint company RB Rail will spend around EUR 17 million on wages this year, according to information compiled by LTV programme “Kas notiek Latvija?”. Authors of the programme say that since 2017, the last time there was an estimate of Rail Baltica’s costs, the personnel costs of RB Rail have increased more than 8-fold.…
Late on November 24, Polish protesters lifted their blockade of the Shehyni-Medyka checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border. Ukraine’s State Customs Service announced the reopening of the checkpoint via Facebook. “The passage of trucks through the Shehyni-Medyka checkpoint has been restored,” the agency said. The blockade began on November 23, when Polish protesters obstructed the movement…
Since the beginning of the operation of the food export corridor in the Black Sea, 321 infrastructure facilities in Ukrainian ports have been damaged as a result of Russian attacks. This was reported by President Volodymyr Zelensky during the Third International Grain from Ukraine Conference. “Solely during the operation of the food export corridor in…
Andris Kulbergs, chairman of the Latvian parliamentary investigative committee on the implementation of the Rail Baltica project, has proposed setting up a Baltic-wide oversight committee and jointly approaching the European Commission to request funding for the railway in the name of security. According to Kulbergs, under the existing funding model, the railway will not be…
Since the Russian full-scale invasion started, about 10,000 kilometers of railroad tracks in Ukraine have been damaged, destroyed or lost. The relevant statement was made by Ukrzaliznytsia JSC. “Since February 24, 2022, about 10,000 kilometers of railroad tracks and 43 railway station buildings have been damaged, destroyed or lost. Other infrastructure objects also suffered damage,”…
In the wake of the Russian war in Ukraine, the Rail Baltica high speed connection must remain on track as a vital military strategic lifeline, which will enhance NATO’s military mobility across Europe, the BBC reports. Rail Baltica, which, the BBC reported, was originally a “grand project” with a civilian transport focus, had become a…
The main Rail Baltica route connecting the Baltic States must be completed until 2030, confirmed European Commission Coordinator Catherine Trautmann at the Latvian parliament. However, according to Trautmann, the project will not be considered complete until all Baltic capitals, including Riga, are connected to the European rail network. Latvia’s parliamentary Rail Baltica investigation committee invited…