The Polish public broadcaster TVP has signed an agreement with Poland’s foreign ministry to launch a TV channel aimed at ethnic Poles in Lithuania.
In a statement, it says that work on the channel, known as TVP Wilno (‘TVP Vilnius’), has been taking place for a year.
It adds that the channel will be in the Polish language and produced by ethnic Poles in Lithuania.
Its offer will initially be based on TVP Polonia, the long-established channel targeting the Polish diaspora around the world.
In a separate development, TVP says that its supervisory board has suspended Piotr Palka, a member of its management board.
