With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now in its seventh month, Lithuania has called to tighten exports of dual-use goods to Russia at the EU level. “As military resources used by Russia for the war become scarcer, this leaves room for resourcefulness, and certain goods and products, which were never used as military means before, might…
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport recorded its record-high passenger flow last month, with 111,556 travelers passing through it in August, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia reported. The figure marked a 27% increase compared to the same period of 2019, Tamar Archuadze added. Archuadze also said the number of flights at the airport…
Businessman Igor Udovickij, the top shareholder of Biriu Kroviniu Terminalas (Bulk Cargo Terminal, or BKT), a Klaipeda port company that used to handle Belarusian fertilisers, has applied for regulatory clearance to buy 30% of BKT’s shares from the sanction-hit Belarusian fertiliser producer Belaruskali. “Concentration is being implemented by Igor Udovickij by purchasing 30% of shares…
Russian nationals have crossed the Lithuanian border 130,000 times since the start of the Ukraine war in late February, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has said, arguing for measures to restrict Russians’ access to the EU. “Over 130,000 Russian citizens with a Russian passport and a Schengen visa have crossed the Lithuanian border since the start…
Air transport activities will be carried out under increased safety conditions. The Cabinet of Ministers approved on September 1 a regulation setting technical requirements and administrative procedures on air operations, the government’s communication and protocol department reported. The project aims to set up a single regulatory framework in the air operations, which includes both technical…
Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, met representatives of the Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air on September 1 in Tbilisi to discuss plans for the next year and prospects for additional flights to Georgia, the Economy Ministry said. Stressing the “successful and strategic” cooperation with the airline, particularly over the…
Lithuanian Railways (LTG) said on September 3 it received advance payments for 2.5-million-euro-worth of Russian transit freight shipments to and from Kaliningrad, meaning that it would continue to transport goods to and from the exclave for around three weeks. Further transit shipments between mainland Russia and its Kaliningrad region will depend on whether LTG’s customers…