Vandals strike against Lithuania

27th August 2011

The graffiti has added to the growing tensions between the two nations

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Poland’s relations with neighbouring Lithuania has become less than neighbourly following outbreaks of nationalist vandalism that left monuments and street signs defaced in Polish border towns.

Vandals spray painted a symbol connected to the Polish far right on a monument in the town of Punsk, a town with a significant Lithuanian-Pole population, and covered Lithuanian street names and town names with the red and white Polish national colours. Owing to the high percentage of Lithuanians in the area signs are bilingual in accordance with the Polish constitution.

Polish-Lithuanian relations have become strained over the past year, with both sides complaining about the treatment of their ...

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