The European Commission this week adopted an implementing decision setting key milestones for the delivery of Rail Baltica, a strategic cross-border project intended to link Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with the rest of the EU rail network by 2030. Endorsed unanimously by Member States, the move signals a renewed political push to integrate the Baltic States into the core of the European railway system—a goal viewed as essential not only for regional cohesion, but also for the EU’s economic and security interests.