EU provides funding for better transport connections in Ukraine, Moldova, and Eastern Europe

Last week, the European Commission handed over grant agreements for EU transport infrastructure funding in Ukraine, Moldova, and Eastern Europe.

The funding, announced in July 2025, stems from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s main instrument to finance the development of the trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The funding will support cross border projects and the work of the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes.

Three key rail projects will receive EU funding in Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania:

• €73.5 million for the development of the European standard gauge line connecting Poland to Lviv in Ukraine;
• €45 million for the development of an important railway axis in Romania, linking the South (Port of Constanța and Bucharest) to Ukraine and Moldova in the North;
• €33 million for a joint cross-border project between Romania and Moldova, upgrading the Iași-Ungheni railway section, including the first-ever electrified railway section in Moldova.

Four projects in Slovakia receive €135 million, supporting rail cross-border connectivity between Eastern Slovakia, Ukraine and Czechia, and improving rail interoperability.

On 6 November, the EU and Ukraine also met for the 4th EU-Ukraine Transport Dialogue in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Chaired by Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba and the Commission’s Director-General for Transport Magda Kopczyńska, participants took stock of shared priorities for transport cooperation across all modes, focusing on the review of reform progress and further steps to ensure alignment with the EU transport acquis.

Representatives of the European Commission, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine also met in Uzhhorod on 7 November to discuss how to improve regional connectivity through the Solidarity Lanes.

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