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Poland signs 5-year contract to ship liquefied gas from United States
The PGNiG oil and gas company based in Poland has entered into a five-year contract with the Centrica electricity and gas supply international company for shipment of liquefied gas from the United States to a liquefied natural gas terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland on the Baltic Sea coast, as stated by President of the PGNiG Management Board Piotr Wozniak at a Washington-to-Warsaw video conference, the Ukrinform news agency reports.
According to Wozniak, the agreement with Centrica brings the …
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Russian plane violates Estonian airspace
A Russian Il-76 plane violated Estonia’s airspace, the Estonian Defense Forces headquarters reported.
The headquarters’ press service reported to Interfax news agency on Tuesday that “today at lunchtime, an Il-76 state airplane of the Russian Federation entered the airspace in the region of the Vaindloo island without authorization”.
The plane was reportedly in Estonian airspace for less than a minute. Its transponder was active and a flight plan had been filed. The plane made no radio …
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Estonia calls on NATO to strengthen its presence in Baltics
The President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid stated that the upcoming NATO summit should address the issue of strengthening the presence of the Alliance troops in the Baltic region, the President’s press service reports.
At a meeting with the ambassadors of Great Britain, France and Denmark to NATO, who arrived in Estonia, the President stated that at the Alliance summit in 2018 "we must find a solution of how, should the need arise, to organize deployment of additional forces in the Baltic Sea …
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Poland facing considerable fines for logging in Bialowieza Forest
The European Court of Justice demanded that Poland immediately halt logging in the Białowieża Forest, the reserved primeval forest, or Warsaw will have to pay a very large fine.
“Poland must immediately halt all deforestation works in the Białowieża forest with the exception of areas where the deforestation is needed in order to ensure public safety,” the top European court headquartered in Luxemburg said in its ruling published on the evening of November 20th.
According to the court’s …
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Poland dismantles Monument of Gratitude to Soldiers of the Red Army
A monument of gratitude to the Soviet army was dismantled in the center of the Polish city of Szczecin, as stated by the Szczecin city administration, Polskie Radio reports.
"The dismantling of the monument began on Wednesday. The column has been dismantled and within the next few days the foundation of the monument will be dismantled," Sylvia Tsiza-Slomsky, spokeswoman for the city administration of Szczecin, said.
She added that "during the dismantling, the bas-reliefs and other parts of …