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Wizz Air to offer three new routes from Vilnius this autumn
Hungary’s low-cost airline Wizz Air on Wednesday announced that it is going to open three new routes this autumn from Vilnius International Airport – to Munich, Glasgow and Kiev. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s transport sector copes with Russia’s sanctions
The Ministry of Transport and Communications estimates that in 2014 Lithuania’s transport sector accounted for 13.1 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). […]
Economy
Tesla Motors in negotiations to open electric car charging station in Lithuania
Lithuanian company Idėjų Parkas has started negotiations with US electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors over the possibility to install electric car charging station near Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. […]
Economy
More goods and passengers transported in Lithuania in 2014
According to preliminary data of Statistics Lithuania, in the fourth quarter of 2014, all types of transport carried 26.6 million tonnes of goods, or by 0.8 percent more than in the fourth quarter of 2013. […]
Economy
Economy
Private investor will have to save Air Lituanica, PM says
The Government will not invest in Air Lituanica, an airline owned by the Municipality of Vilnius, but Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says a private investor has taken interest in the company. […]
Economy
Economy
Rail Baltica project presented to Lithuanian MEPs
On Friday, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius met members of European Parliament (MEPs) Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Zigmantas Balčytis and Valentinas Mazuronis. During the meeting, the minister presented the progress of implementation and EU funding opportunities for the project Rail Baltica. […]
Economy
Foreign investors interested in Lithuanian national airline, PM says
Foreign investors are interested in contributing to the creation of a national air carrier in Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday, noting that the issue of a national airline would be dealt with after the mayoral election in Vilnius. […]
European Union
Lithuania expects EC’s support for Rail Baltica
Lithuania’s Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius is meeting with Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Transport, on Tuesday. During the meeting, the officials will discuss transport issues important to Lithuania, including the progress of the Rail Baltica project and its funding possibilities. […]
Economy
Lithuania sticks to its position on Rail Baltica financing model
Lithuania is sticking to its position on the Rail Baltica financing model and will ask the European Commission to provide around 160 million euros in funding directly and 30 million euros more through a joint venture based in Riga. Latvia does not object to that, with its transport minister saying that it is important to show that Lithuania is taking part in the project as a serious partner. […]
Economy
Lithuanian Railways to roll out e-tickets and Wi-Fi on trains
Lithuania’s state-owned railway operator Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) will start selling e-tickets late in February. […]
Economy
Air Lituanica adds route to Hamburg
The airline Air Lituanica is expanding its business in Germany: as of 30 April the city of Hamburg will be added to the regular flight schedule with flights operated three times a week, the airline reports. […]
New terminal to connect Lithuanian and Swedish ports
Representatives of Central Terminal of Klaipėda, which was officially opened last summer, reached an agreement with the shipping company DFDS Seaways to form a new passenger-cargo (ro-pax) ferry line connecting the ports of Klaipėda and Sweden, Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications reports. […]
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Finland invited to become shareholder in Rail Baltica joint venture
Latvia‘s Transport Minister Anrijs Matiss (Unity) has invited Finland to take active part in implementation of the standard-gauge railroad Rail Baltica project and in the work of the Rail Baltica joint venture, noting the project’s importance for the entire Nordic-Baltic region, LETA learned from the Transport Ministry. […]
European Union
MEPs say Germany discriminates against foreign road carriers
Member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis together with Slovakian MEP Richard Sulik have asked to include in the European Parliament’s plenary sitting agenda the issue of Germany‘s protectionist actions limiting competition among road carriers. […]
Economy
British rail companies interested in Rail Baltica project
UK rail companies working in international projects and providing rail infrastructure services such as planning, construction and management of innovative and sustainable railways met the representatives of the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications. During the meeting, the companies had the possibility to learn more about Lithuania’s strategic project Rail Baltica 2 and other rail projects implemented in the country, the Ministry of Transport and Communication said. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s automotive market up 18 percent
Preliminary data of the automotive research company AutoTyrimai shows that in December 2014, registration of new passenger vehicles (M1 and N1) increased by 0.5 percent to 1,182 vehicles in Lithuania. […]
Economy
Price for transportation via pipelines grows most in Lithuania
Statistics Lithuania announced that in the third quarter of 2014, compared with the second quarter of 2014, the price of transportation via pipelines services increased the most, by 22.2 percent, followed by sea and coastal transport services, by 3.1 percent, security and investigation activities, by 2.1 percent. […]