The Latvian airline AirBaltic is removing four routes from Vilnius Airport as of September. Meanwhile, flights to four destinations – Paris, Berlin, Tallinn and Riga – will be less frequent. AirBaltic will stop operating flights to Oslo, London Gatwick, Dublin and Hamburg from September. AirBaltic says it is facing a shortage of aircraft parts. However,…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda will seek to secure EU leaders’ support amid Russia’s threats to Lithuania over the recently introduced ban of the transit of some goods to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The president will raise this issue at the forthcoming European Council meeting later this week, Asta Skaisgiryte, the president’s chief foreign policy…
Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad is not under blockade, and transit sanctions only affect a limited list of goods, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte emphasized, rejecting Moscow’s accusations that Vilnius was violating international treaties. “There’s no blockade of Kaliningrad. It’s just that since last weekend, sanctions have come into force on some of the goods included…
Two of the major Georgian airports in capital Tbilisi and Black Sea city of Batumi have been named among the top 10 airports in the Eastern Europe, the company operating them has announced. TAV Georgia said Tbilisi International Airport had been ranked fifth in the Skytrax World Airport Awards index, with Batumi airport ranking sixth.…
Management of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development and the State Road Administration (ASD) assessed the level of execution of the rehabilitation works of the national road R6 Chisinau-Orhei-Balti and found that they were 76% ready, according to a statement of ASD. The route is 29.7 km long and provides for the reconstruction of…
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…