After the European Commission published new guidelines on the Kaliningrad transit, which allowed for the transportation of sanctioned goods by rail through Lithuania, the EC said that Vilnius did everything correctly, given the information it had. “Regarding the clarification, it is a technical change, there is no change in position – our recommendations are in…
Turkish Airlines has extended the cancellation of flights to and from Ukraine until August 31 inclusive, as well as to and from certain destinations in Belarus and Russia. “Our flights to and from Ukraine have been cancelled until August 31,” reads the announcement on the carrier’s website. As noted, passengers who have tickets for flights…
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…