Poland and Lithuania launch new gas interconnector

The Polish and Lithuanian presidents have officially opened a new pipeline bringing gas from Lithuania to Poland after Russian gas giant Gazprom turned off the tap. "Today, this interconnector between Poland and Lithuania is a fact... Russia made another attempt at gas blackmail, it is in some sense a response to it," Polish President Andrzej Duda said at a launch ceremony held on Thursday at the Jauniunai Gas Compressor Station in the Sirvintos district of Lithuania.