Estonia could have 2,000 vacancies for truck drivers until the end of 2022, which is why carriers want an exception for hiring Belarusians. Even now, Estonian logistics companies are looking for drivers from Uzbekistan and even India. Europe is short of some 400,000 truck drivers for almost 10% of vacant jobs. The problem will only…
Lithuania’s state railways have banned the transit of sanctioned Russian goods to and from the exclave of Kaliningrad, Anton Alikhanov, the region’s governor, has said. In a post on Telegram, he said the ban would affect up to half of products imported and exported through Lithuania. “We consider this to be a most serious violation…
With more people frequently crossing the Lithuanian-Belarusian border, Lithuania’s customs officers say they will step up controls to prevent smuggling. Over 124,000 people crossed the border in January-March, almost four times more than during the same period in 2021, the customs service said. Such frequency suggests that some travelers may be transporting goods for illegal…
Lithuania’s police have opened a pre-trial investigation into a mysterious flight from Lithuania over several Eastern European countries that landed in Bulgaria. “A pre-trial investigation into a violation of international rules of the air has been opened at the Criminal Police Bureau,” Saulius Briginas, deputy chief of the Criminal Police Bureau, said. According to Briginas,…
Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development met with several freight operators to discuss the flow of traffic at border crossings, the liberalization of road freight transport with the European Union and the price of road transport permits. According to the institution, in order to reduce the waiting time for freight…
The tariff for one travel in the public transport from Chisinau will be 6 lei starting from July 1. The Moldovan capital’s city hall made statements to this effect, after the Chisinau Municipal Council (CMC) approved the methodology of calculation of the tariff for one travel by the municipal public transport. Under the decision, the…
In summer, the number of trolleybuses running on the streets of Chisinau was reduced. Chisinau Electric Transport Authority (RTEC) director Dorin Ciornii said that starting with June, the number of trolleybuses running on the line was reduced by about 8%. “Currently, 305 trolleybuses are issued daily on the line, 25 less than in the autumn-spring…