Lithuania, Poland plan 'energy bridge': officials
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Lithuania and Poland are to create a joint company to link up their energy grids, a first step in giving the Baltic states better access to the European energy network, officials have said.
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Poland is to hold a regional referendum to try and defuse a row with the EU and environmentalists.
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WARSAW, Poland Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Monday after meeting with his Polish counterpart that both countries were prepared to agree in principle to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system.Comment
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Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.
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On the 7th of September minister of transport and communications of the Republic of Lithuania Zigmantas Balcytis and ambassador of the USA in Lithuania Stephen Donald Mull signed an agreement according to which ...
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"I expect that cooperation to continue"  The Bush administration wants deals by the end of the year for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe, but getting the Czech Republic and Poland to go along with that timetable could be difficult.Poland's opposition party ousted ruling conservatives in parliamentary elections on Sunday, though Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested Monday he still believes Warsaw will cooperate.The Pentagon wants to install 10 interceptor rockets in Poland which, when linked to a proposed tracking radar in the Czech Republic and to other elements of the existing U.S. missile defense system based in the United States, could defend all of Europe against a long-range missile fired from the Middle East. Read more
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Poland wants a bilateral pact and   improved air defenses as part of any deal to become the first   ballistic missile-defense hub outside of the United States, its   defense minister said on Wednesday.
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Polish and Czech leaders spoke on Monday in favor of allowing the United States to use their territory for parts of an anti-missile defense system that has raised Russian ire, saying it would also protect Europe.
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The EU and Russia say they will try to avoid "misunderstandings" over energy policy in future.
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The presidents of Poland and Ukraine agree on a five-nation summit on the extension of an oil pipeline to Europe.
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When Lithuania's sole  nuclear power station closes next year, European Union  officials will sigh with relief, but nearby residents are  already fretting over the future of their town.
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Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen shakes hands with his Polish counterpart Jaroslaw Kaczynski during their meeting in Warsaw, November 17.Comment
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Poland and Russia engaged in their first direct talks today over the Pentagon's divisive plans to install missile defence systems in central Europe.
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BUCHAREST, Jan 29 (IPS) - With the European Union becoming ever more  uncomfortable over its energy dependency on Russia, Romania,  which joined the bloc along with Bulgaria Jan. 1, is paving the  way for a pipeline project considered crucial for Europe's  energy safety.
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Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.Comment
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Governments are to sign a deal committing scientists to work to harness an alternative source of nuclear power.
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BUDAPEST, May 18 (IPS) - In a campaign that has won the support of Polish  public opinion and the European Union (EU),  environmental groups  are hoping to thwart the Polish cabinet's plan to construct  a highway  over the protected Rospuda valley.