We, the Communist and Workers' Parties, which participate in the European Communist Initiative, express our firm rejection of NATO and the new aggressive plans to be accepted by the NATO summit in Warsaw on 8-9 July 2016.

The May 9 th day is the victory over the fascist Germany and its allies day. The May 9th reminds us that fascism in Lithuania revived after 1990 on March 11, when Lithuania restored capitalist system undėr Lithuania 'independence' cover and banned Marxist political ideology; Many people mistakenly believe in Lithuania returned Stalin-era repression.

We, the communist and workers parties, that sign this text: We denounce the imperialist aggressiveness, the interventions and wars, the USA, NATO and the EU and their "allies", like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The criminal activity of these powers has caused millions of people to become refugees and immigrants.

Finland's parliament will debate in the coming weeks whether the country should quit the euro, an official said on Thursday, following a petition on the issue signed by more than the required 50,000 citizens. The debate is very unlikely to lead to Finland's exit from the common currency but the decision to hold such a debate demonstrates a high level of dissatisfaction among Finns with their country's economic performance.

In light of the very dangerous developments for the peoples that are unfolding in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean, the common stance of the Communist Parties against the imperialist interventions and wars acquires even greater importance. A delegation of the KKE recently visited Turkey and held discussions with the CP, Turkey about the developments in the region, the situation in Greece and Turkey, the tasks and experiences of the communists in the two countries. The two CPs decided to issue a Joint Statement on the developments in the Aegean Sea and the involvement of NATO there, which uses the issue of immigration as its pretext.

Ukrainian authorities are failing to adequately investigate 48 deaths, including of 42 pro-Russian protesters, in the Black Sea port of Odessa in May 2014, according to an international panel set up by the Council of Europe.

The new poll of about 800 likely voters found that only nine of 100 Republicans and 15 of 100 independents believe the country is going in the right direction. A little over 50 percent of self-identified Democrats (51.9 percent) believe the country has taken a turn for the worst while 83.9 percent of independents and 87.4 percent of Republicans hold the same belief.

Algirdas Paleckis on Migrants Crisis (video)

Oligarchic regime of nationalist junta in Ukraine actively uses and "creatively" develops Goebbels methods of duping people to strengthen the neo-Nazi dictatorship in Ukraine. One of this method is to limit people's access to truthful information, the works of culture and art, literature and journalism of anti-fascist and humanistic orientation.This limitation is primarily implemented in the abuse and persecution of those popular in Ukraine and in other countries, writers, artists, actors, composers, singers, directors, which condemn unleashed by the ruling regime in the country fratricidal civil war, social and political genocide.