The planned Rail Baltica station in Pärnu

EU member states have unanimously approved European Commission's (EC) 11.93-billion-euro investment plan to upgrade infrastructure and boost jobs and growth.

One of the selected projects is Rail Baltica international railroad to connect Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with central and western Europe.

The EC put the investment plan forward on June 29. It's the largest ever made by the EU in the transport area.

Today's approval makes the funding of the large-scale Rail Baltic project as well as over 200 other projects official.

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