The route will have both economic and military importance, note the two countries.
The route will have both economic and military importance, note the two countries.
The measures have “clearly been effective” in their aim of reducing illegal migration, says the interior minister.
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From January to September 2023, Poland recorded 17,868 attempted or successful irregular crossings over its border with Belarus.
“The Russians are testing the reactions of Poland and our allies in this way,” says Mateusz Morawiecki.
Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas crashed in what is now Poland just 650 km short of their destination.
Ethnic Poles made up 6.6% of Lithuania’s population and ethnic Russians 5%.
“Travel to the EU is a privilege, not a human right,” say Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Ewelina Dobrowolska, who hails from Lithuania’s ethnic Polish community, previously had to spell her name as Evelina Dobrovolska.
Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine met in Warsaw to jointly call for tougher sanctions to be introduced against Russia and its oligarchs.
The “Bucharest Nine”, a group of eastern NATO member states, will discuss the situation around Ukraine and its impact on regional security.
Morawiecki warned that alongside the migration emergency, a military buildup and energy crisis were becoming growing risks for Europe.
Orlen will expand and modernise its Mažeikiai oil refinery.
The two countries’ presidents marked the 500th anniversary of the Sigismund Bell, created at the time of the Polish-Lithuanian dual monarchy.
Poland follows Lithuania, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in economic outlook.