Estonian coach operator Lux Express has successfully influenced Latvia to change its public transportation principles, allowing intercity bus services to be operated on a commercial basis, similar to the system in Estonia. State-subsidized public transport in Latvia has led to absurd situations. For instance, long-distance buses may have toilets, but the operators do not open…
The Rail Baltica project in the three Baltic States may need 10-19 billion euros more than planned, auditors from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have said in a joint report. One of the EU’s biggest infrastructure projects in the Baltic States, Rail Baltica is meant to connect the three countries and Poland with a European-gauge high-speed…
The first stage of Rail Baltic is expected to cost more than EUR 15 billion, a new report says, double the price of the original estimate. “The implementation cost of the first project phase, which aims to build an operational Rail Baltica line across the three Baltic states connecting to Poland until 2030, is estimated…
From this month, the Bulgarian national carrier is offering its passengers more opportunities for travel, vacation and various tourist routes with the launch of its seasonal flights to the airport in the city of Heraklion on the island of Crete. The largest Greek island, Crete has long been a favorite summer destination, offering plenty of…
A law automatically imposing a lifetime driving ban on repeat drink-driving offenders is unconstitutional, Poland’s constitutional court has ruled. Its judges found that the measures unjustly restrict the discretion of courts to decide on a punishment for a crime. The ruling stemmed from a complaint filed in 2020 by a man who was caught drunk-driving…
Sofia Airport has been awarded a Level 4 certificate for reducing carbon emissions (Airport Carbon Accredited Level IV – Transformation), announced the concessionaire company. This places Sofia Airport among only eight other European airports with this accreditation, including Istanbul’s new airport and the Parisian airports Charles de Gaulle, Bourget and Orly, as well as Marseille,…
There is a shortage of money for Rail Baltica. However, excluding Riga from it would mean giving money to Estonia, said Mayor of Riga Vilnis Kirsis in an interview to Latvijas Radio. During this interview, he agreed the municipality was concerned that if no money were found, Riga might end up with numerous unfinished construction…