Construction of a new Rail Baltica railway bridge, the longest of its kind in the Baltic countries, began in Lithuania’s central district of Jonava on July 21. Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says the bridge over the Neris River and the European standard-gauge railway as a whole will make the country “better connected” to the rest…
German budget airline Eurowings has expanded its Georgian operation by launching new Stuttgart-Tbilisi flights to Tbilisi International Airport, the United Airports of Georgia reports. A subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, the airline made the first connecting flight on July 20, transporting 155 passengers from the German city to the Georgian capital. Its flights will be…
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov have discussed the issue of establishing transport corridors through the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain. The ambassador wrote this on Twitter. “Valuable discussion with Infrastructure Minister Kubrakov on negotiations with UN and Turkey on establishing grain transport corridors through the Black Sea.…
After the European Commission published new guidelines on the Kaliningrad transit, which allowed for the transportation of sanctioned goods by rail through Lithuania, the EC said that Vilnius did everything correctly, given the information it had. “Regarding the clarification, it is a technical change, there is no change in position – our recommendations are in…
Turkish Airlines has extended the cancellation of flights to and from Ukraine until August 31 inclusive, as well as to and from certain destinations in Belarus and Russia. “Our flights to and from Ukraine have been cancelled until August 31,” reads the announcement on the carrier’s website. As noted, passengers who have tickets for flights…
The Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) of Moldova has issued an administrative act, thereby cutting the number of authorizations issued for the Fly One air company. Deputy Prime Minister, Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Andrei Spinu made statements to this effect on July 13. “Thus, 23 out of 38 authorizations were suspended till the situation were…
As part of the implementation of EU sanctions, 34 freight vehicles were refused entry from Russia to Lithuania on July 11. Long queues of trucks are also forming at Lithuania’s border with Russia, as the restrictions gradually cover more and more goods bound for Kaliningrad. Freight vehicles are also queuing at the border with Belarus,…