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Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

Sep. 07, 2024 13:56 PM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Saturday they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network. Set to link the...

1 person dies as Latvia and Lithuania are hit by a powerful storm

Jul. 29, 2024 10:39 AM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One person died and some 200,000 households were left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the Baltic nations overnight. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, by...