Bulgaria’s parliament has approved an agreement with North Macedonia to build and operate a cross-border railway tunnel connecting the two countries. Lawmakers passed the deal in both the first and second readings during a single parliamentary session. The agreement, signed on November 6, 2025, marks the culmination of years of Bulgarian efforts to link Sofia…
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair will discontinue one route each from Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports starting in April, Lithuania’s airport operator has confirmed. From April, Ryanair will end flights from Palanga to Dublin, from Kaunas to Belfast and from Vilnius to Stockholm. “Ryanair said it was reviewing its route network across Europe, affecting both regional…
Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by 4.4% in 2025, returning to a normalised development pace after the post-pandemic recovery period, according to the ACI EUROPE – Air Traffic Report 2025. In Europe, traffic dynamics were driven in particular by Central and Eastern European countries, where several states exceeded the continental average: Slovakia…
Ukraine and Romania have agreed on a joint infrastructure project for the development of border communication in the “Porubne – Siret” direction, which will be implemented with funding from the European Union within the framework of the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) mechanism. The relevant protocol between the parties was signed in order to synchronize…
The high-speed, European-gauge Rail Baltica project will cost close to EUR 24 billion, according to a newly released European Court of Auditors (ECA) special report. Rail Baltica will run from Tallinn southward to the Lithuanian-Polish border. Its original estimated cost had been under EUR 6 billion. Dubbed “EU multibillion transport megaprojects: Mind the gaps,” the…
First Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine, Alena Shkrum, together with the UK Minister for Trade, Sir Chris Bryant, visited a restored bridge in Kyiv region. In February 2022, it was destroyed during a full-scale Russian invasion. For several years, thousands of people were forced to spend hours on detours between communities.…
Poland’s largest manufacturer of trains and trams, Pesa, has announced the acquisition of German rival HeiterBlick, as it seeks to expand its operations across Europe. In a statement on January 9, the state-owned Pesa announced that in late December 2025 it signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of HeiterBlick, with the transaction…