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Macedonia: Not out of the Woods Yet
Update Briefing Europe Briefing N°37 Skopje/Brussels, 25 February 2005 Macedonia: Not out of the Woods Yet I. OVERVIEW the two parties forced a 7 November 2004 referendum vote on the proposed law. Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski and representatives of Although VMRO was a signatory to the original peace his government and the opposition converged in Brussels agreement, it used the pre-referendum period to question on 14 February 2005 to hand over Macedonia's response sharply the government's performance and the general to the European Commission's 3,000-item questionnaire, wisdom of power-sharing among the ethnic communities. the latest stage in the EU membership application, The government worked to reassure its supporters and which was formally submitted almost a year ago. The argued that its plans would guarantee fast track economic occasion was celebrated by a concert starring Macedonian growth, European integration and better governance. musicians at an exclusive Brussels venue. Appropriately The emergence of Albanian paramilitaries on the enough for St. Valentine's Day, the relationship with the outskirts of Skopje increased tensions and gave rise to EU had taken on a new depth, but nuptials are far from concerns that Macedonia's young and fragile multi-ethnic concluded. The considerable progress Macedonia has democracy might be at serious risk. made is still fragile. The crucial decentralisation process requires careful implementation, and the coalition A strategically-timed U.S. decision to recognise the government and its constituent parties should apply a country's official name as "Macedonia" helped to ensure number of confidence building measures. -
Peter Verlič Transport & Logistics Conference 2018 Brussels, 22 March 2018
Potential of regional railway cooperation and infrastructure investment „View of Slovenian Railways“ Dr. Peter Verlič Transport & Logistics Conference 2018 Brussels, 22 March 2018 1 Slovenian Railways – At the Crossroads of European Corridors (1) Baltic-Adriatic Corridor RFC 5 Mediterranean Corridor RFC 6 Amber Corridor RFC 11 XPC Corridor (future RFC 10 – Alpine- Western Balkan Rail Freight Corridor) in establishment 2 Slovenian Railways – At the Crossroads of European Corridors (2) • Line length of Rail Freight Corridors on SŽ rail network: Corridor RFC 5 337 km Corridor RFC 6 395 km Corridor XPC 186 km (future RFC 10) Corridor RFC 11 382 km • Planned rail investments on RFCs: Infrastructure upgrades to facilitate interoperability on RFCs (ETCS, double-track lines, remote control traffic management system …) Baltic – Adriatic Mediterranean Alpine – Western Balkan Amber 3 Slovenian Railways – Key Facts of SŽ Rail Network Line length: Total 1,207 km Double-track 333 km Single-track 874 km Electrified 610 km Number of: Rail Freight Stations 105 Rail Passenger Stations 115 Railroad Crossings 745 double track single track 4 Slovenian Railways – Planned Increases of Line Capacity (in %) Track sections where the increase of throughput capacity (number of trains per day) is necessary: up to 20% 20% - 40% more than 40% adequate throughput capacity 5 Slovenian Railways – ERTMS deployment on SŽ Rail Network Entered into service in 2017: . ETCS Level 1 installed on the Koper/Sežana- Hodoš line (ETCS fully deployed on this line – 412 km) . GSM-R installed on the entire Slovenian rail network Future challenges: . ETCS Level 1 deployment currently in progress on the Pragersko-Šentilj-State border line and Zidani Most-Dobova-State border line (total length of 90 km, works completed in 2023) . -
Train Companies Ferry Companies Public Transport Companies
The following railway companies accept Interrail Passes on board their services: Public Ferry Country Train companies transport companies companies ÖBB, plus the private train S-Bahn: Vienna and Austria companies ROeEE / - Innsbruck GYSEV, Westbahn and RegioJet Belgium NMBS / SNCB - - Bosnia ZFBH - - Herzegovina Bulgaria BDZ - - Croatia HZ - - ČD, and private train companies: LEO Czech Republic - - Express and RegioJet DSB, and private train companies: Denmark Arriva, DSB S-Tog, DSB-Øresund Fjord Line - and Nordjydske Jernbaner VR and private bus companies: Veljekset Finnlines, Tallink Finland - Salmela and Net-matkat Silja Oy, Viking Line France SNCF - Irish Ferries Deutsche Bahn (DB) and various private Germany companies (see pdf-document for Finnlines S-bahn complete list) Great Britain National Rail and several others Irish Ferries, Stena - Line Greece TRAINOSE - Superfast Ferries, Minoan Lines, Grimaldi Lines, Blue Star Ferries MÁV-START and private railway Hungary - - company: GySEV/Raaberbahn Irish Ferries, Stena Ireland Irish Rail / NI Railways - Line Grimaldi Lines, Trenitalia and Trenord, Leonardo Superfast Ferries, Italy Express (Roma Termini to Fiumicino - Blue Star Ferries, Airport) and Micotra Minoan Lines Lithuania Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai Luxembourg CFL - - FYR Macedonia MZ - - Montenegro ŽCG - - NS and private railway companies: The Netherlands Arriva, Connexxion, Keolis, Syntus, Stena Line - Veolia and DB Regio Norway NSB Fjord Line - PKP and local-government run Poland companies: Koleje Dolnoslaskie and Finnlines - Przewozy Regionalne Portugal CP - - Romania CFR - - Serbia SV (Serbian Railways) - - ZSSK, and private railway companies: Slovakia - - LEO Express and RegioJet Slovenia SZ - - Spain RENFE including FEVE Balearia, Grimaldi - Lines SJ and private railway companies: Ländstrafiken in Arlanda Express, Arriva, Inlandsbanan, innlines, Tallink Silja Norbotten, Sweden JLT, Norrtåg, Skånetrafiken, Oy, Viking Line, Veljekset Salmela, Tågkompaniet, Värmlandstrafik and Destination Gotland Net-matkat Västtrafik. -
Opening Your Horizons
VINCI RAILWAYS – 2018 ATLAS HORIZONS OPENING YOUR ATLAS Contents Editorial 1 The year at a glance 2 Interview with the CEO 4 An integrated operator model 6 Tours- 8 Bordeaux Operating the line 10 A large-scale commitment 16 Ensuring traffic safety 22 Looking to the future 28 34 Lyon Rhônexpress reaches the 10 million passenger milestone 36 Innovating to enhance the passenger experience 42 Mainland 48 France Managing and maintaining railway telecommunications 50 56 Martinique Caraibus, daily transport 58 Editorial VINCI Railways played a major role in French rail transport in 2018, enabling business and leisure passengers alike to travel at high speed between Tours and Bordeaux and reach Lyon’s airport from its city centre in record time and the utmost comfort. VINCI Railways currently operates across France; through the SYNERAIL subsidiary, it manages the GSM-Rail telecommunications system on the high-speed and regional express rail networks, covering a total of 16,000 km of track across the country. VINCI Railways also maintains reserved lane public transport on a daily basis in Martinique. Everywhere, we commit to meticulously and sustainably managing public infrastructure and participating in the development of the regions where we operate. Read on to find out more about our projects. 1 The year at a glance For VINCI Railways, 2018 was a year of consolidation – including that of the South Europe Atlantic High-Speed Line (SEA HSL) between Tours and Bordeaux, whose commercial success enabled us to finalise one of the largest refinancing operations in Europe. The entire 16,000-km GSM-Rail network, managed by SYNERAIL, is operational and, in Martinique, passengers have started using the island’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system. -
Traffic Connectivity in Croatia in the Past: the Dubrovnik Region Case
Athens Journal of History - Volume 1, Issue 3 – Pages 195-204 Traffic Connectivity in Croatia in the Past: The Dubrovnik Region Case By Marija Benić Penava This paper analyses the development of traffic routes in the far south of Croatia during the 19th and 20th century. Poor traffic connectivity was the consequence of traffic policy which was subordinated to the interests of Vienna in the Austro- Hungarian Monarchy, and after World War I, to Belgrade. Since the Dubrovnik region was oriented towards the sea, and since traditionally it had strong entrepreneurship and sea traffic that enabled great economic prosperity of Dubrovnik in the past centuries. Ships flying the flag of Sveti Vlaho (Saint Blaise, the patron saint of the city) were present in the Mediterranean and the world’s oceans, yet the service industry which Dubrovnik provided was completed by tourism only in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The perception of Dubrovnik as a world tourist destination was established in the first half of the 20th century and that could only be maintained by quality traffic routes. Therefore it was extremely important for the prosperity of the far south of Croatia to have and retain the best connectivity by railway as well as sea, land and air traffic. Introduction The transition from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century was a period of great economic change in Europe. The discovery of the Watt’s steam engine (1764) enabled mechanical transport, which neither the working animals nor the natural power, on which transportation was dependent previously, could not contest. The steam engine passed the milestone in the field of transport connection. -
Business Plan for 2020
INFRAKOS – Business Plan 2020 Introduction The business plan of 2019 conceived by INFRAKOS, despite major challenges during all the year, has almost been fully realized. Therefore, thanks to our commitments, the action plan outlined from the business plan has been successfully implemented. Kosovo Railway Network managed by INFRAKOS, through which is transported certain number of passengers and goods safely and efficiently, thanks to our commitments was a successful story during the year 2019. In addition to providing services for railway operator TRAINKOS and RAILTRANS, we made strenuous efforts for providing real estate services and other services to our customers. Therefore, as a result of these commitments satisfaction of our customers has been and remains at relatively high levels. This success brings with it two important issues: challenges and opportunities. We must continue to enhance customer satisfaction by meeting the rising demand, but always keeping the right balance between capacity, performance and costs. For this we have a responsibility to continue our work with greater efficiency towards the modernization of the rail network and the financial sustainability of the company. Our challenges have been and remain large, while our options were, and unfortunately still remain small. We would like that our Business Plan would be fully realized because such as it is will enable the development of the railway network, understood as part of an existing reality in a modest way by not asking the impossible. For this reason we need to have greater support of responsible institutions in the realization of our projects, projects that are in the good of our country. -
NETWORK STATEMENT of the NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK 2017 Timetable Version 12 of 08 September 2017
NETWORK STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK 2017 Timetable Version 12 of 08 September 2017 VERSION CONTROL The different versions of this document and their publication date are given below: Version 1 of 30 July 2015 (subject to consultation) Version 2 of 24 September 2015 (subject to consultation) Version 3 of 8 December 2015 (first publication) Version 4 of 18 December 2015 (publication with Stations Statement part A) Version 5 of 29 March 2016 (publication notably with modifications to Line Reference Document) Version 6 of 11 July 2016 (post-consultation ad hoc) Version 7 of 9 September 2016 (minimum services rates) Version 8 of 13 September 2016 (subject to consultation) Version 9 of 9 December 2016 (modified version of publication) Version 10 of 22 May 2017 (publication post-opinion of ARAFER – excluding charging and pricing of service facilities and electricity) Version 11 of 26 July 2017 (publication post-opinion of ARAFER – Stations Statement and Line Reference Document) Version 12 of 08 September 2017 (publication post-opinion of ARAFER – freight yards) The amendments are listed in the table in Appendix 1. SIMPLIFIED VERSION CONTROL CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INFORMATION CHAPTER 2. NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK ACCESS CONDITIONS CHAPTER 3. INFRASTRUCTURE CHAPTER 4. CAPACITY ALLOCATION CHAPTER 5. SERVICES CHAPTER 6. CHARGING 2017 Network Statement – Version of 08 September 2017 SNCF RÉSEAU | 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of appendices List of abbreviations and definitions CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................ -
Prishtina Insight #130
March 14-27, 2014 l #130 l Price 1€. Prishtina Sub-par pitch: Investor apathy: Prishtina isn’t Few want to put ready for FIFA their money into Insight football. PAGE 2 Kosovo. PAGE 4 KOSOVO SERBIAN SERBIA RAILwaYS ACTUAL TICKET SERBIA’S ROGUE RAIL Why no one seems to care about Belgrade’s unauthorized Kosovo train service. PAGE 7 Culture: A love l Opinion: Kosovars are wary of tribunal - with good reason. PAGE 11 affair with Kosovo’s l Region: Media target Dacic ahead carbohydrates. PAGE 16 of snap elections. PAGE 12 2 n March 14-27, 2014 n Prishtina Insight PageTwoPRISHTINA STADIUM “The stadium is in a Why Prishtina isn’t ready for FIFA play miserable condition. There are no Even though it ended in a draw, the March 5 friendly also likely will be held in Mitrovica. The reason is pretty toilets for spectators because the match with Haiti was a big win for Kosovo football. To simple: Prishtina’s stadium is well below national and club has transformed the premises many, though, it may have seemed odd that Kosovo’s international standards, said Eroll Salihu, secretary of into business areas and now in debut in FIFA-sanctioned play happened in Mitrovica Kosovo’s football federation. Complicating matters is all over the stadium there are - not Prishtina. The next friendly match versus the the the fact that the stadium is run by the city’s football restaurants that rent the spaces.” Turkish national team, Fatih Terim, expected in May, club, Prishtina. — Petrit Collaku — EROLL SALIHU from the editor Sending Moscow a message Even before Russia invaded expect increased interaction with Ukraine, it seemed almost laugh- Russian business and society …. -
Manual on Border Controls Along the Danube and Its Navigable Tributaries
EU Strategy for the Danube Region Priority Area 1a – To improve mobility and multimodality: Inland waterways Practical manual on border controls along the Danube and its navigable tributaries Author(s): Milica Gvozdic (viadonau) Simon Hartl (viadonau) Katja Rosner (viadonau) Version (date): 31.08.2015 1 General information .................................................................................................................. 4 2 How to use this manual? .......................................................................................................... 5 3 Geographic scope .................................................................................................................... 5 4 Hungary ................................................................................................................................... 7 4.1 General information on border controls ................................................................................... 7 4.1.1 Control process ................................................................................................................... 8 4.1.2 Control forms ..................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.3 Additional information ....................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Information on specific border control points ......................................................................... 22 4.2.1 Mohács ............................................................................................................................. -
Bulgaria Railways Policy Note
Agenda – July 19, 2013 at 10:45 – 12:00 a.m. Opening Remarks by H.E. Siniša Hajdaš-Dončić, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure Opening Remarks by Mr. Hongjoo Hahm, Croatia Country Manager, World Bank Presentation of the Croatia Railway Policy Note by Mr. Jean- Francois Marteau, Transport Specialist, World Bank Questions and Answers World Bank 1 Republic of Croatia Railway Policy Note The World Bank July 19, 2013 Zagreb, Croatia World Bank 2 Railway Network Croatia World Bank 3 Croatian Railway Sector Underwent Profound Transformation to Meet the EU Accession Criteria Railway sector came a long way over the past decade: Legal and institutional framework harmonized with the EU Acquis Communautaire Independent regulatory institutions in place Croatian Railways restructured and reorganized towards customer- oriented and competitive business State financial support to railway sector started to decrease As of July 1, 2013 Croatia became integral part of the European transport market, which requires the sustainability of implemented reforms in the railway transport sector and the versatility of railway companies to adapt to market changes World Bank 4 Strong Challenges and Opportunities linked to EU Integration CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES •Macro-economic instability and •Sector rationalization and fiscal consolidation – Risk on VS. structural reforms, business Demand opportunities in a liberalized context • Infrastructure modernization •EU Funds availability and EU • Implementation of HŽ priority for Rail Restructuring -
“Bulgarian State Railways - Cargo Freights” Ltd
Journal of Advanced Management Science Vol. 7, No. 2, June 2019 The Necessity to Improve the Competitive Power of “Bulgarian State Railways - Cargo Freights” Ltd. S Tzvetkova and E Savova University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria Email: [email protected], [email protected] Abstract—“Bulgarian State Railways - Cargo Freights” Ltd. replacement services in cargo railway transport can be is the leading association on the Bulgarian market for evaluated as HIGH, which has a negative reflection on carrying out railway cargo freights. In recent years, freight volumes in the sector, with it reaching up 10% in however, the freight volume has decreased and the comparison to other types of transport. The traction- company has reported negative financial indicators. The changes that have occurred in Bulgarian economy, the rolling stock is growing old, which leads to operative market’s liberalization, the impossibility for making problems, increased repair costs and deteriorated quality investments, the obsolete rolling stock, the deteriorating of services, which respectively reduces the competitive quality of transport services and the reduced competitive power. power are among the main reasons for that. The The financial situation of “BSR – Cargo Freights” Ltd. substantiated necessity for increasing the freight volume, is serious. In its short 10-year history, the association has improving the financial indicators and retaining the market registered negative financial indicators which result from share is the main motive for writing this paper. To that end, the external environ ment and from ineffective internal factors from the internal and external environments have activities and processes. The total amount of losses for been analyzed through the implementation of PESTEL, 5 FORCES and SWOT analyses. -
On the Basis of Article 65 of the Law on Real Estate Cadastre („Official Gazette of Republic of Macedonia”, No
On the basis of article 65 of the Law on Real Estate Cadastre („Official Gazette of Republic of Macedonia”, no. 55/13), the Steering Board of the Agency for Real Estate Cadastre has enacted REGULATION FOR THE MANNER OF CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CADASTRE MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR DETERMINING THE CADASTRE MUNICIPALITIES WHICH ARE MAINTAINED IN THE CENTER FOR REC SKOPJE AND THE SECTORS FOR REAL ESTATE CADASTRE IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Article 1 This Regulation hereby prescribes the manner of changing the boundaries of the cadastre municipalities, as well as the determining of the cadastre municipalities which are maintained in the Center for Real Estate Cadastre – Skopje and the Sectors for Real Estate Cadastre in Republic of Macedonia. Article 2 (1) For the purpose of changing the boundaries of the cadastre municipalities, the Government of Republic of Macedonia shall enact a decision. (2) The decision stipulated in paragraph (1) of this article shall be enacted by the Government of Republic of Macedonia at the proposal of the Agency for Real Estate Cadastre (hereinafter referred to as: „„the Agency„„). (3) The Agency is to submit the proposal stipulated in paragraph (2) of this article along with a geodetic report for survey of the boundary line, produced under ex officio procedure by experts employed at the Agency. Article 3 (1) The Agency is to submit a proposal decision for changing the boundaries of the cadastre municipalities in cases when, under a procedure of ex officio, it is identified that the actual condition/status of the boundaries of the cadastre municipalities is changed and does not comply with the boundaries drawn on the cadastre maps.