Lithuanian Railways

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Lithuanian Railways to be fined up to €50m by EU

The European Commission will fine Lithuanian Railways up to €50 million for disassembling almost 20 kilometres of the Rengė section…

9 years ago
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Chinese eye more opportunities in Lithuania

Senior representatives of China‘s industrial giant, China Merchants Group, will visit Lithuania again this week to meet with representatives of…

9 years ago
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Disagreements stall board appointments of Rail Baltica company

A disagreement among the Baltic states is stalling appointments to the board of RB Rail, the joint company which is…

9 years ago
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New trains to operate between Vilnius and Klaipėda

New Polish-made passenger trains will operate on the route between the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and Klaipėda on the Baltic coast.…

9 years ago
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New rail shipments to Italy to open up export routes

Lithuanian Railways has begun regular shipments between Lithuania and Italy that will open export routes for Lithuanian goods. [...]

9 years ago
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Decentralise state agencies to the regions, says MP

The government should decentralise state-controlled enterprises, public institutions and government organisations to the regions to move more jobs out of…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian railways to borrow €68m from EIB for infrastructure investments

Lithuanian Railways is to borrow €68 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund a series of infrastructure improvements.…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian railways wins freight deal with Kazakh company

Kazakhstan will being transporting goods to Scandanavian and Western European markets using Lithuanian Railways trains after a new contract was…

9 years ago
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Chinese companies interested in Rail Baltica contracts

Chinese representative are coming to Lithuania to inspect Rail Baltica, the European-gauge railway project that will connect the Baltic states…

9 years ago
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First stage of Rail Baltica completed

Lithuania's Kauno Tiltai AB, the largest transportation infrastructure company in the Baltics, and Mitnija UAB, the largest construction company in…

9 years ago
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Three Lithuanian names among top 10 highest-valued companies in Baltics

The Swedbank group is the highest-valued company in the Baltic states. The company's worth grew 22 percent over the last…

9 years ago
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Klaipėda Seaport and VPA Logistics sign letter of intent with China Merchants Group

On Wednesday at the Government Office, representatives of Klaipėda State Seaport Authority and logistics services company VPA Logistics signed a…

9 years ago
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Construction of Vilnius Railway Bypass completed

A second line of Vilnius Railway Bypass has been constructed and will enable to divert freight trains from the city…

9 years ago
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International conference in Stockholm discusses transport opportunities for Scandinavia and Baltics

On September 10th an international transport and logistics conference took place in Stockholm. On the initiative of the Lithuanian Embassy…

9 years ago
  • Politics

PM criticises liberals over their stance on loan to Lithuanian Shipping Company

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says Eligijus Masiulis, the leader of the Liberal Movement, made a populist decision to oppose efforts…

9 years ago
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Train speed limits introduced due to hot weather in Lithuania

Lithuania's railroad network administrator, Lithuanian Railways, has decided to limit train speeds due to an intense spell of hot weather.…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian Shipping Company gets new chief

Sigitas Dobilinskas has been appointed to head Lithuania's financially troubled state-owned Lithuanian Shipping Company (Lietuvos Jūrų Laivininkystė). [...]

9 years ago
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Lithuanian Railways to grant EUR 3m loan to LJL

Lithuania’s state-owned railway operator Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) will provide a 3-million-euro loan to financially-troubled Lietuvos Jūrų Laivininkystė (Lithuanian Shipping…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president criticizes government for trying to rescue state-owned shipping company

President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the government's decision to rescue Lietuvos Jūrų Laivininkystė (Lithuanian Shipping Company, or LJL) from bankruptcy…

9 years ago
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No bankruptcy for cash-strapped Lithuanian Shipping Company for now

Bankruptcy proceedings of Lithuania’s financially-troubled shipping operator Lietuvos Jūrų Laivininkystė (Lithuanian Shipping Company, or LJL) will not be initiated yet,…

9 years ago