Banks operating in Lithuania may be granted exemptions and allowed to handle payments for the Kaliningrad transit service, the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) has said. “The FNTT is guided by directly applicable EU regulations, European Commission’s guidelines, which state that sanctions do not apply to the transit of goods by rail between mainland…
Lithuania will shut part of the Vilnius-Kaunas motorway until August 6 morning, the Road Directorate has announced. People travelling from Vilnius to Kaunas between 23:00 and 06:00 will have to divert at Vievis to take the regional road No 4714. The road closure is due to the implementation of reconstruction works on the interchange, the…
The Razoni bulk carrier has passed the inspection of the Joint Coordination Center and is ready to proceed to its destination. As the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine posted on Facebook, the ship carrying Ukrainian corn left the Odesa port on August 1 and headed to the port of Tripoli in…
The US Embassy in Ukraine has welcomed the departure from the Odesa port of the first ship loaded with unblocked Ukrainian grain. “We welcome the departure of the first vessel from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24. The world will be watching for continued implementation of this agreement to feed…
On August 1, the ship carrying Ukrainian grain departed from the port of Odesa for the first time in the past five months, Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said in a Facebook post. “The first ship with Ukrainian foodstuffs left the Odesa port,” the minister wrote. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, loaded with 26,000…
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said that it had received and was looking into a Russian diplomatic note on the alleged suspension of payments for Kaliningrad transit services. “We confirm that we have received the note from the Russian Federation,” the ministry said. “We are currently examining it.” Russia’s media reported that the note was handed…
The automobile road leading to northeastern Georgia’s picturesque and remote Tusheti highland region is set to be rehabilitated and modernised to make travel easier and safer for both visitors and farmers. The Ministry of Infrastructure of Georgia announced on July 28 that the project would be completed gradually in 2025 and GEL 100 million ($34…