Following a year of legal disputes, the trade union of Vilnius Public Transport (VVT) workers has announced renewed plans for a strike. According to Algirdas Markevicius, chairman of the VVT trade union, the indefinite strike is planned to start on October 3, as a year-long disagreement with the VVT administration over salaries and working conditions…
Vilnius and Warsaw have agreed for a passenger train connecting the two capitals to start running in December. According to the memorandum signed in Vilnius on September 16, a one-way trip will not exceed 8 hours. Once the Rail Baltic project linking the Baltic States with Poland is completed in 2026, a direct-high-speed train will…
The European Commission vows to provide additional funding for the construction of Rail Baltica, a high-speed railway project linking Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Last summer, the Commission allocated more than 350 million euros for the project, and plans to continue doing so in the future, according to Radvile Morkunaite-Mikuleniene, chair of Lithuania’s parliamentary Committee…
Brussels Airlines, the only carrier operating direct flights from Lithuania to Brussels, is discontinuing its service between Vilnius and the Belgian capital from October 28. “Due to low demand between Brussels and Vilnius during the winter season, these flights will not be operated during this period,” the airline told the website. “Since demand for such…
Ministry of Infrastructure intends to resume the rail service between Kharkiv and Izium, which has been liberated from Russian invaders, Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov has said in a Facebook post. “We are working to increase the number of trains running, as well as routes. In particular, the nearest plans are to resume the rail…
On September 13, seven more vessels loaded with Ukraine-produced agricultural crops left Odesa Port, Chornomorsk Port and Pivdennyi Port via the “grain corridor”. The relevant statement was made by Turkiye’s National Defense Ministry on Twitter. “As part of grain shipments, this morning seven more vessels loaded with grain have departed from Ukrainian ports,” the report…
Passenger flow at Tbilisi International Airport recovered by 92% compared to the pre-pandemic 2019 figure in August, TAV Georgia, the company operating two major airports in the country, said on September 12. In further details, TAV Georgia said the airport serviced 363,830 passengers in August, up by 48% YoY. Figures for Batumi International Airport in…