The joint management model of the European standard-gauge railway project Rail Baltica is already posing threat to the project's continuity, Lithuanian Transport Minister Jaroslav Narkevic said after hinting about the possibility of building the railway independently without Estonia and Latvia.
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Synchronization of the power grids of the Baltic States with the continental Europe must be completed in 2025 as it was agreed earlier, Latvia's Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins said Friday during his visit to Lithuania.
Lithuania is ready to assume leadership of the Rail Baltica project to ensure its timely and successful implementation, the Baltic country's Minister of Transport and Communications, Rokas Masiulis, wrote in a letter to the European Commission, the ministry announced on Wednesday.
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The distance between Tallinn and Helsinki is the same as from Vilnius to Kaunas. Estonians and Finns are working on a joint communication system which would enable them to travel the distance of 100 km in 20 minutes.
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai [Lithuanian Railways] is initiating the European gauge Rail Baltica territory planning stage, lrt.lt writes.
The European Union is facing tense negotiations on its next multiannual budget, and the goal to reach the agreement before the next European elections might be challenging to achieve due to various factors including Brexit, Jovita Neliupšienė, Lithuania's ambassador to the EU, said on Tuesday.
Lithuanian airports and road infrastructure are bursting and need upgrading, Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says, adding that the upgrading of Vilnius Airport is the minimum task the state must complete.
There's a wish to demolish the old arrivals terminal at Vilnius Airport during its future reconstruction, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says.
Several projects that are important for Lithuania, such as the Baltic power grids' synchronization with the Continental European system, Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL), Via Baltica, Rail Baltica and the Viking shuttle train service, are on a list of priority infrastructure projects appro...
Lithuania has no plans to build a new airport as it would be too expensive, the country's Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, is leaving for Warsaw on Thursday to take part in the third meeting of speakers of the parliaments of Central and Eastern European countries.
Lithuania hopes the European Unions' new budget will allocate funds for investment into the Rail Baltica railway, roads and other infrastructure so that it matches military needs.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania has chances to secure more funding in the EU's post-2020 budget, but much will depend on further negotiations.
The prime ministers of the three Baltic states and Poland will discuss the planned synchronization of the Baltics' power networks with continental Europe as the Baltic countries plan to sign a political agreement on the project later this month.
Under the European Commission's proposal, direct payments to Lithuanian farmers would reach only 80 percent of the EU's average level within the next decade, Lithuanian diplomats say.
A senior European Commission official says that a Rail Baltica spur from Kaunas to Vilnius legally could not become part of the European-standard gauge railway until 2023, but Lithuania could use the EU's regional support to finance the project estimated to cost 850 million euros.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis had a publicly unannounced meeting with his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, in Vilnius on Thursday evening.
The prime ministers of Lithuania and Poland on Friday emphasized the importance of joint energy projects, first of all the synchronization of the electricity networks of the three Baltic countries and the gas interconnection. Both countries also signed a memorandum on enhanced energy cooperation.
The prime ministers of Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia are meeting in Vilnius on Friday to discuss joint projects, security matters, the rule of law in Poland and additional support to Ukraine.