Foreign affairs
Poland thanks Lithuania for naming Vilnius street after Kaczynski
Poland on Friday thanked Lithuania for naming a street in its capital Vilnius after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski. […]
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Street named after late Polish President Kaczynski unveiled in Vilnius
A sign marking a Vilnius street named after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been unveiled on Thursday. […]
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Sign marking Vilnius street named after late Polish president to be unveiled
A sign marking Vilnius’ street named after the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski will be unveiled in a ceremony on Thursday. […]
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Lithuanian PM visits Wawel Castle, pays tribute to late Polish President Kaczynski
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Wednesday arrived in Poland to take part in the Krynica Economic Forum. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania is open to common positions with Poland – PM
Lithuania is open to the solution of all issues and coordination of positions with Poland, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Sunday after meeting with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki at Mažeikiai-based oil refinery Orlen Lietuva. […]
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Žygimantas Pavilionis. Emanuelis Zingeris. Fourteen years in EU foreign policy: what are the achievements?
We mark twenty five years since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty introducing the common foreign and security policy of the European Union (EU), to which Lithuania actively contributed from the very outset, […]
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Kęstutis Girnius. Skvernelis – a convenient idiot for the Kremlin?
This question arose after listening to M. Laurinavičius and Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius‘ discussion on the talk show Dėmesio Centre. The main piece of evidence presented is this note by the prime minister. […]
Foreign affairs
It is time to commemorate Boris Nemtsov in Vilnius
Andrei Sakharov, the great Russian physicist, humanist and Nobel Prize winner, once remarked that a government that violates the rights of its own citizens at home inevitably also poses a threat to the international order. The Soviet government has shown this assertion to be true—as has Vladimir Putin’s government in today’s Russia. […]
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Lithuanian capital names street after Poland’s late president
The municipality of Vilnius on Wednesday named a street in the capital after Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in 2010. […]
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Vilnius panel wants street in Šnipiškės named after Polish ex-president
Names commission of the Lithuanian capital have reversed its opinion on paying tribute to the memory of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski in Vilnius, suggesting to give his name to a street next to the municipality’s building. […]
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Panel suggests no rush with Kaczynski’s, Nemtsov’s commemoration in Vilnius
A Vilnius commission in charge of names has suggested taking it slowly with commemoration of late Polish president Lech Kaczynski and murdered Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. […]
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Lithuanian town names square after Poland’s late president
A square in Maišiagala, a small town close to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, has been named after Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in 2010. […]
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Lithuania’s Poles propose to name street in Vilnius after Poland’s late president
The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) calls for a street in Vilnius and a square in Maišiagala, a town close to the Lithuanian capital, to be named after Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in 2010. […]
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PM sees potential of improving ties with Poland
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, currently on a visit in Poland, says he sees a good possibility to improve the bilateral relations, which are, in his opinion, marred by the wrong stereotypes over the situation of national minorities. […]
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In pursuit of Eastern European leadership – political experts are sceptical
This week Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said that unfortunately Molotov still lives and is looking for his Ribbentrop. The tensions caused by an aggressive neighbour, which tests European unity at every opportunity, raises […]
Foreign affairs
Poland’s new ambassador to Lithuania takes office
President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday received letters of credence from Poland’s new ambassador to Lithuania, Urszula Doroszewska. […]
Energy
Poland’s energy minister: Russian influence in Lithuania, Poland still extensive
After the Polish media leaked a secret recording of a conversation involving by former foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski where he urged “to teach Lithuanians a lesson” in connection to Polish investments in a Mazeikiai refinery, Poland’s Energy Minister Krzystof Tchorzewski says it indicates a strong Russian influence in Poland and Lithuania. […]
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Advised to show solidarity with Poland in probe of Smolensk air crash
Lithuania’s parliament is advised to show solidarity with the neighboring Poland and state support to the resumed investigation of the 2010 airliner crash that claimed lives of then president Lech Kaczynski and another 95 individuals. […]
Society
Spelling of non-Lithuanian names should be considered when there’s will to approve
Lithuania’s parliament should discuss spelling of non-Lithuanian names in passports, when there is sufficient will to take the decision, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Ažubalis. Will Lithuanian-Polish relations step out of the deadlock?
Both nations – the Lithuanians and the Polish – both recall well how our mutual conflict in between the two World Wars became a noose on both our necks. Then third parties put in great efforts in “helping” the conflict not reach resolution, but even the conflict itself was complex and difficult. […]