Latvia

Riga Airport launches a tender for construction and operation of a full-service fuel station

June 2, 2025

RIX Riga Airport has announced an open tender for the granting of building rights for the construction and maintenance of a full-service fuel station near Riga Airport. The goal of [..]

Lithuania

Spanish company wins contract to build electric locomotives for Lithuania

December 17, 2024

Stadler Valencia is a Spanish subsidiary of the Swiss rolling stock manufacturing enterprise Stadler Rail, and it has secure a contract worth EUR 115.7 million from LTG Cargo, the freight [..]

Europe

Baltic States highlight importance of cross-border infrastructure products

December 6, 2024

The European Union held a meeting of member state transport ministers on Thursday, and representatives of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania called for sufficient and stable funding from the Connecting Europe [..]

Opinions

Completion of Rail Baltica by the set deadline depends on the ability of the three Baltic States to cooperate efficiently and co-ordinately

November 28, 2024

Authored by journalist Ain Alvela. The construction of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway, designed to connect Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with Europe, has entered the construction phase across all three [..]

Estonia

Merko to build national defence building in Tartu

November 6, 2024

AS Merko Ehitus Eesti, which is a subsidiary of the AS Merko Ehitus construction firm in Estonia signed a design-and-build contract with the Estonian Centre for Defence on Wednesday on [..]

Latvia

Latvian minister calls for freeze on Rail Baltica project

October 11, 2024

Latvia cannot afford the Rail Baltica project at this time, so work on it should be suspended for one year until such time as all financial issues have been resolved. [..]

Latvia

Silina also sees responsibility of RB Rail and Eiropas Dzelzcela Linijas in poor management of Rail Baltica project

June 13, 2024

Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) is surprised by the lack of information of previous governments on the development of the Rail Baltica project, but also sees the responsibility of [..]

Estonia

Cultural Endowment Fund board green-lights ERR’s new TV house

May 16, 2024

The state Cultural Endowment Fund’s (Kultuurikapital) supervisory board has approved the construction of a new television house to be used by public broadcaster ERR, utilizing money from the fund itself. [..]

Latvia

Riga Central Station will initially be connected via the airport in the Rail Baltica system

March 26, 2024

In the Rail Baltica system, Riga Central Station will initially be connected via Riga Airport, Transport Minister Kaspars Briskens (Progressives) said after yesterday’s coalition meeting. The proposed solution envisages a [..]

Lithuania

Hanner set to replace BaltCap in Lithuania’s national stadium project

February 5, 2024

Arvydas Avulis’ property development company Hanner is taking over Lithuania’s National Stadium project from BaltCap, its current concessionaire and builder, Vilnius Mayor Valdas Benkunskas said on Friday. “The main news [..]