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The Latvian government has extended its ban on irregular international passenger bus services to Russia and Belarus until 31 October 2027, maintaining restrictions first introduced in November 2025. The ban…
Estonia may have to cover a larger share of Rail Baltica construction costs under a proposed change to EU co-financing rules, Prime Minister Kristen Michal has said. The European Commission…
Latvia’s efforts to stop Russian and Belarusian grain shipments through its ports are facing legal and commercial obstacles, despite a new increase in railway infrastructure charges. From 13 October, infrastructure…
Estonian logistics group Omniva has asked the European Commission to assess the financing of universal postal services in Latvia and Lithuania. The company submitted complaints concerning the mechanisms used to…
Lithuanian infrastructure company KRS has completed a €6 million bond issue and listed the securities on the Nasdaq Vilnius First North market. A total of 6,000 bonds with a nominal…
Estonian autonomous vehicle developer Auve Tech and aircraft maintenance company Magnetic MRO have moved their shuttle service at Tallinn Airport to operations without a safety operator inside the vehicle. The…
Lithuania’s Environment Ministry has proposed allocating €11.314 million to support companies purchasing new low-emission commercial vehicles. The proposed scheme would cover electric, hydrogen-powered and biomethane vehicles in the N1–N3 and…
Ryanair says it could significantly expand its Baltic operations if airport charges are reduced, including potentially increasing its Lithuania-based fleet from four to eight aircraft. The airline has also spoken…
Lithuania has completed dynamic testing of the newly electrified Vilnius–Klaipėda railway corridor, including the final Radviliškis–Klaipėda section. The 363 km project, previously valued at about €457 million, includes more than…
Lithuania will cut domestic train fares by 50% from 9 October until the end of 2026 as the government responds to sharply higher fuel prices. The same discount is planned…
airBaltic says planned changes under its new business model could affect around 500–700 positions across its bases in Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn. The airline currently employs around 3,000 people in…
Latvia is tightening controls on grain shipments from Russia and Belarus just as the Baltic route is becoming increasingly important for Russian exports. The Saeima has introduced border controls allowing…
Estonia’s government has approved its 2027 state budget and the 2027–2030 budget strategy, with expenditure of €20.2 billion and revenue of €19.4 billion. The general government deficit is projected at…
Venipak is increasing capacity across its Baltic parcel network while its acquisition by DHL awaits regulatory approval. The company says it is investing more than €2.5 million in Baltic infrastructure…
The Port of Klaipėda has launched the main construction tender for its southern expansion, moving Lithuania’s largest port development project towards creation of 100 hectares of new territory and 1.3…
Analysis · Transport & Logistics
Klaipėda handled more than 30 million tonnes of cargo in January–September 2026, up 5% year on year, while Latvia’s ports collectively recorded a 9.7% decline to…
Analysis · Transport & Logistics
TThis week airBaltic’s Chapter 11 reaches its next important checkpoint. Objections to the final DIP financing order are due on October 2, ahead of the final…
Analysis · Transport & Logistics
Estonia plans to complete the Tallinn–Pärnu section of Rail Baltica by 2032, followed by Soodevahe–Muuga in 2033 and Pärnu–Ikla in 2034, according to the timetable presented…
13,000–15,000 vehicles cross Latvia’s Pāternieki border checkpoint in an average month.
PhotoThe new 12-year concession is not a simple story of foreign operators entering Riga. RIX was already internationalised; the real shift is the dilution of the old TAV-centred commercial model. RIX Riga Airport has selected new long-term operators…
PhotoIn December 2024, the Latvian government changed Rail Baltica priorities because the project no longer had funding for everything. According to the service investigation discussed by the Cabinet last Tuesday, that decision should have stopped or at least…
PhotoLithuania moved ahead in passenger traffic, Riga retained its cargo advantage, and Tallinn continued reshaping its route map through low-cost expansion.
PhotoQ1 2026 revealed a clear divergence across Baltic ports. Latvia recorded broad-based contraction, Klaipėda posted strong growth, while Tallinn showed a winter-affected but structurally more stable pattern. The gap is visible in both total volumes and container performance,…
PhotoDFDS will increase capacity on the Karlshamn–Klaipėda corridor by introducing the RoPax vessel from mid-September 2026, replacing Optima Seaways. The move raises both passenger and freight capacity on one of the key Baltic Sea links between Sweden and…
PhotoLithuania’s airports posted record results, but their leadership was removed. At the same time, Latvia is trying to borrow from the Lithuanian playbook. What was happening in Baltic aviation in the second half of March? Several important developments…
PhotoBaltic cargo flows diverge: Klaipėda grows, Latvia restructures, Estonia signals new transit
PhotoBaltic fuel prices rise as wholesale market spikes in early March — why Tallinn shows the highest petrol prices
Photo🇱🇻airBaltic: aircraft keep arriving
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