Lithuanian's Foreign and National Defense Ministries and the State Border Guard Service have on Thursday warned about fake news being spread on their behalf regarding alleged detention of a Polish diplomat and invitation to perform mandatory military service.
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Monday congratulated Polish President Andrzej Duda on his re-election for a second term, emphasizing the importance of bilateral cooperation in defense and infrastructure projects.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called for unity while discussing the future EU budget during his recent visit to Lithuania, and also said that Western Europe wants to grow at the expense of its eastern neighbors.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, currently on a visit to Lithuania, has pledged that Polish oil giant Orlen will expand its operations in Lithuania.
A proposal to allow using non-Lithuanian Latin-based characters for spelling names on the first page of personal identity documents has cleared the first hurdle in the parliament.
Although all of Lithuania's biggest political parties emphasized before the 2016 elections the need to resume the relations with Poland, the Seimas board has not listed the aspiration among the main goals of parliamentary diplomacy, 15min.lt news portal said.
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.
There are no alternatives to close cooperation between Lithuania and Poland, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Friday after meeting with Krzysztof Szczerski, the Secretary of State at the Polish President's Chancellery.
Lithuania will do everything it can to "reset" its relations with neighboring Poland, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday.
BNS Lithuania news agency lists the most important 2017 projected events on the political and public arena in Lithuania.
The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytauta...
Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on improvement of parliamentary diplomacy, calling for revival of relations with the neighboring Poland.
After the parliamentary elections Lithuania and Poland may take a fresh look on the bilateral ties, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said at a Brussels meeting with his Polish counterpart, Witold Waszczykowski.
Saulius Skvernelis, the candidate to become Lithuania's next prime minister, sees Poland as a strategic partner and vows to make every effort "to reload" relations with the neighboring nation, which are currently not in their best shape.