Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorsky in an interview to the Polish daily ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ said that he hoped that Vilnius and Warsaw could return to the era of warm relations, writes www.delfi.lt. However, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs mentioned that there were conditions to …
BNS Poland’s outgoing Ambassador to Lithuania Janusz Skolimowski says the relations between the two neighbouring states and nations are very good. He added, though, that the thinking of Lithuania’s incumbent centre-left government is different from the earlier centre-right Cabinet. After meeting with Prime Minister Algirdas …
BNS Poland is Lithuania’s partner that can help resist the Eastern influence, Krakow’s Archbishop Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz said. “The church never divides. The church was never divided and stood united in both Lithuania and Poland. The church in Poland worked hard to support the church …
BNS According to Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, Lithuania has to be patient in its efforts to see Belarus choose the path to Europe, although sometimes it’s a frustrating task. Meanwhile, the Minister thinks that friendship with Poland is of strategic importance to Lithuania, and …
After a four year break, on Thursday, 2 May, 2013, the parliamentary assemblies of the Lithuanian and Polish Seimas are scheduled to meet, writes www.delfi.lt. The delegation of the Lithuanian Seimas is headed by the vice-chairman of the Seimas Gediminas Kirkilas. Meanwhile, the Polish Seim …
As Poland is becoming the leader of Central and Eastern Europe, former President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus said last week in Warsaw: “But its [Poland’s] leadership will not be real without good relations with Lithuania,” writes www.delfi.lt. He delivered a speech about the two nations’ …
Lithuanians and Poles should cooperate and seek compromise – this is the opinion shared by 70 per cent of Lithuanians and 68 per cent of Poles, according to a survey created by the Polish Public Affairs Institute along with Professor Bronisław Geremek’s fund, writes www.delfi.lt. …
BNS Friends “on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean” are waiting for settlement of disagreements between Lithuania and Poland, and common efforts are in the interest of all countries and the entire region, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on April 16. Speaking at a …
The Lithuania Tribune offers the opinion editorial by former politician and diplomat Mečys Laurinkus published on www.lrytas.lt about Lithuania’s possible foreign policy directions, especially in the light of the coming presidential elections. As much as the Lithuanian president is currently involved in domestic politics, …
BNS The problem of Lithuanian-Russian relations is not in their reset, but in the lack of a positive agenda, said Vygaudas Ušackas, the EU’s special representative in Afghanistan, who will become the EU’s ambassador to Russia in autumn. “The problem of relations with Russia is …
BNS Commenting on the tense relations with the neighbouring Poland, Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Vydas Gedvilas said that the two countries should unite on the principle of parity. “We do not have to make any concessions to them, we have to be friends on the principle …
According to Bruce Jackson, the President of the Project on Traditional Democracies, a former U.S. military intelligence officer and a diplomat, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė has made the same mistake that many a diplomat have already made in trying to elicit something from Alexander Lukashenko. Jackson …
According to the MEP Vytautas Landsbergis, if foreign language characters are legalised in Lithuania, this could become a precedent for other claims against ‘discrimination’, reported delfi.lt, referring to ELTA, on 24 February. Landsbergis opposes the proposition to legalise the use of bilingual locality names in …
Poland is worthy of Poles in Vilnius Region and Polish people living there are worthy of a modern and increasingly better Poland, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Saturday after a meeting with representatives of the Polish community in Lithuania. Komorowski noted that the Electoral …
While defending their national interests, Lithuania and Poland should not forget the fact that both countries are moving in the same direction, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Saturday in Vilnius as Lithuania marks the 95 th anniversary of the Restoration of the State of …
In the long term, the aims of Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL) and the Polish ethnic minority might differ, because for the party it is useful to maintain constant tension between Lithuania and Poland, according to Tomas Janeliūnas, Professor at Institute of International …
LitPol Link Supervisory Board has appointed Artūras Vilimas President of the Management Board and CEO of LitPol Link. Mr Vilimas will take this position as of February 1st. LitPol Link, the joint Lithuanian-Polish company, was set up in 2008 to coordinate the preparatory work of …
Polish Senate member Bogdan Klich has urged the Baltic states to buy military equipment together with Poland, thus developing regional cooperation. Klich, Poland’s former defense minister, said he raised the issue during a meeting with Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite on Thursday. “I am pretty sure …
Warsaw views the first signals from Vilnius about national minorities as very promising, Polish Senate member Bogdan Klich, the country’s former defense minister, said in Lithuania on Friday. The prominent Polish politician emphasized that Poland was awaiting Lithuania’s decisions about Polish-language education and the right …
Jorge Marcano | The Lithuania Tribune The delicate diplomatic balance in Polish-Lithuanian relations continues. During her maiden voyage to the NATO summit in the US, President Grybauskaitė took a swipe at Poland’s contemporary diplomatic priorities. In remarks that are sure to galvanise public opinion in …
