KYIV, July 17 – The Kyiv-Riga rail route through Minsk and Vilnius will start to run from September 28 this year, according to the Infrastructure Ministry's website.

"Last year's agenda, agreed in Lithuania, produced a result this year. We have a train of four capitals (Riga-Vilnius-Minsk-Kyiv), which is departing from Kyiv on September 28. We will also have direct air service between Vilnius and Lviv and a number of other promising projects," Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said, according to his ministry's website.