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Surprise reduction in EU funding for Rail Baltica forces Latvia to reach deeper into its own pockets

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As part of the tenth Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) round, the EU allocated 345 million to the Latvian Rail Baltica section. It now seems that the EU is reducing some of the allocated funds, and that the state will have to come up with more than 100 million euros.

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Connecting Europe Facility

Surprise reduction in EU funding for Rail Baltica forces Latvia to reach deeper into its own pockets

Image: Shutterstock. © BalkansCat

As part of the tenth Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) round, the EU allocated 345 million to the Latvian Rail Baltica section. It now seems that the EU is reducing some of the allocated funds, and that the state will have to come up with more than 100 million euros.

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