Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey (R), Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak (C) and Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas shake hands after signing an agreement on the creation of a joint military brigade on Sept. 19 in Warsaw.
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Amid conflict, Poland pushes Ukraine to align with West

Throughout the conflict in Ukraine, Poland has tried to use competition between Russia and the West to advance its own interests, which include pulling Ukraine further into the Western camp and pushing for stronger NATO commitment to bolstering Poland against Russia. However, Poland will be limited in its ability to meet its objectives, especially because the next few months will likely see a de-escalation of the stand-off in Ukraine. For its part, Warsaw will continue to pursue regional cooperation initiatives to mitigate the threat from Moscow. […]

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Defence

Lithuanian Land Force troops amidst intense training at Exercise Maple Arch 2014

International Exercise Maple Arch 2014 running on September 8-19 in Poland entered active phase. The operational plan generated after a week-long planning process is undergoing a suitability test on Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation System (JCATS). […]

Romas Sadauskas-Kvietkevičius
Opinion

Opinion: Tomaševski’s path from Polish identity to Putin‘s “Russian World”

You cannot even imagine how painful it is for a real dzūkas [south-east Lithuanian] to see reports about people in Žemaitija [west Lithuania] picking mushrooms by hundreds and asking what to do with such wealth, while our pine forests, growing on the mainland sand dunes, are dry and bare from the summer heat. Only on the day of St. Bartholomew were we blessed with some all-day rain; after that rain it will be finally possible to go mushroom hunting. […]

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Poland’s gas group reports lower gas supplies from Gazprom

Poland‘s gas monopoly PGNiG is seeing lower gas supplies from Gazprom since Monday, the state-controlled company said in a statement on Wednesday. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Defence

President Grybauskaitė: NATO agreed on new measures to boost Lithuania’s security

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and leaders of other NATO member states have agreed in Wales on additional measures to deal with newly emerging threats and beef up the defence of the allied countries, including Lithuania. […]

Foreign affairs

Lithuania sends energy attaché to Poland

Lithuania has appointed Stanislaw Widtmann as its first energy attaché to Poland. […]