RB Rail, the new joint rail system to be constructed and shared by Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, has been registered in Latvia. Talks and agreements taking place last month for Rail Baltic II are a further continuation of Baltic I – which includes a line from the Polish-Lithuanian border to a new intermodal terminal...
Estonian railway company Elron have elected for their ticket sellers and drivers to decide when trains are full. In the aftermath of last weeks tragic accident at the Raasiku crossing on the Tallinn to Tartu passenger train much discussion is taking place in Estonia regarding her rail and travel systems. On 16th April, just...
In order to ensure fair and equal representation for the Baltic’s at the next upcoming European Council meeting at which will be decided the EU agricultural budget for 2014 to 2020, an event is being planned by farmers in the Baltic States to light some 400 fires along the access roads to Via Baltica...
Recent data released by Eurostat demonstrates that the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have recorded the greatest fall in unemployment rates of all the EU countries for 2012. Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union and by comparing figure from all the EU member states over a twelve year period...
Estonian Air is awaiting a governmental rescue package to halt the risk of ending up in administration. After a disastrous year of record losses which saw the removal of the company’s CEO Tero Taskila and the instalment of Jan Palmer as CEO, the company is still in difficulties. In October the company revealed a...
According to a press release published on Rueters this morning, Elektrilevi, the major Estonian electricity distribution network operator, has signed an eight-year contract with Ericsson to supply, install and run a smart-metering network. The press release stated that Estoniais installing smart meters to be inline with other EU countries and contribute to the EU...
