The state-owned Latvian Railways (LDz) announced its results for the first five months of the year.

Sales of Faiveley Transport Lekov, the Czech producer of electromechanical components for rail vehicles, increased by 20% in the financial year 2009/2010 compared to the results achieved a year earlier.

On the first of June 2010, the investment bank JP Morgan included Russian Railways’ Eurobonds in its EMBI Global and EMBI Diversified international indexes.

Estonian Railways published its freight transportation results for the first five months of this year.

On the 7th of June in Moscow took place a meeting between the head of the Belarus Railways, Anatoly Sivak, and the president of the Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin.

In the January – May period of 2010, the number of accidents dropped on the Belarus and increased on the Ukrainian railway network.

During the international railway exhibition EXPO Ferroviaria in Torino, Alstom presented its new, still not named, high-speed train.

The German company Siemens held a presentation of its products for railway infrastructure near the switching yard in the city of Zagreb.

Serbia and Russia managed to reach an agreement on financing two rail infrastructure projects.

Koleje Dolnośląskie got approval to buy 5 EMUs.

The network of Hungarian Railways (MAV) was strongly affected by the storms and flooding, which went through the country in the past few weeks.

PKP LHS has signed a 5 year deal on iron ore transprt to Katowice Steel Mill owned by ArcelorMittal Poland S.A.

A new website was launched to inform on the Katowice railway station modernization project.

The Russian rolling-stock manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, which was suffering from the lack of orders last year, managed to complete its tanker wagon portfolio for 2010.

Construction of the main part of the second metro line in Warsaw will not affect preparations to the Euro 2012 football championships. Works should go full steam ahead around the end of August.

The Russian company Brunswick Rail plans to purchase more than 7,000 cars from the Ukrainian manufacturers.

According to Pakistani minister of railways, the international freight train linking Turkey with Pakistan and Iran will start regular daily operations in the middle of summer, most probably in August.

On the 4th of June, the Belarus delegation led by the transport minister Ivan Scherbo met with the representatives of the Lithuanian Railways.

On the 5th of July, Russian Railways (RZD) will hold an open auction to sell 10,000 gondola cars.

On the 26th of May, the first two renovated coaches for the Bucharest metro left the Alstom plant in Reichshoffen and after 5 days were delivered to the Metrorex workshop in Bucharest.