The Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) of Moldova has issued an administrative act, thereby cutting the number of authorizations issued for the Fly One air company. Deputy Prime Minister, Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Andrei Spinu made statements to this effect on July 13. “Thus, 23 out of 38 authorizations were suspended till the situation were…
As part of the implementation of EU sanctions, 34 freight vehicles were refused entry from Russia to Lithuania on July 11. Long queues of trucks are also forming at Lithuania’s border with Russia, as the restrictions gradually cover more and more goods bound for Kaliningrad. Freight vehicles are also queuing at the border with Belarus,…
Only 15% of all goods transiting Lithuania to Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad are affected by sanctions, Lithuanian Railways (LTG) said on July 11. “Out of this volume, ferrous metals comprised up to 9% of the total transit cargo traffic between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad, cement accounted for 3%, alcohol products – 1.4% and timber products…
Russia-origin cement and alcohol had been banned from transiting Lithuania, the Customs Department said on July 11. The restrictions came into effect on July 10 after the expiry of a transitional period as part of the fifth package of EU sanctions against Russia, the department said. On June 17, steel and other ferrous metals were…
Lithuania mulls issuing one-off permits, allowing sanctioned goods to transit its territory to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic coast. “If there is a sudden shortage of, for example, cement for the consumption of the population in Kaliningrad, as the sanctions on cement came into force on July 10, then it would be possible…
Negotiations on the opening of grain corridors are ongoing, and there are several most important steps that are not easy to reach an agreement on, including those on security guarantees for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said. Kuleba said a number of logistical details needed to be worked out in talks brokered by Turkey…
Kutaisi International Airport serviced 76,052 passengers and received 298 flights in June, marking a 21% increase in flights from the pre-pandemic period, the United Airports of Georgia said on July 7. The body noted passenger flow had “fully recovered” from the pre-pandemic figures in 2019. Five airline companies currently operate at the airport, with flights…