In the 1960s, Turku became the first Western city to sign a twinning agreement with Leningrad in the Soviet Union, leading to greater inter-cultural exchange and providing a new meaning to the city's ' gateway ' function.

In 1992 a twinning agreement was reached with the Finsterwalde District of Brandenburg, unofficial relations between the two districts having existed since German reunification in 1990.

In 2001 a twinning agreement was officially established with the Polish district of Racibórz.

Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.

In 2001, the Association of Baptist Churches established a " twinning " agreement with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, which is promoted by the organizations as " a means to support each other in prayer, developing ministry, mutual benefit from the experience of the other, fellowship and encouragement.

On April 25, 1975 the twinning agreement with the French city Hautmont was signed.

During the 1990s, Aglugub helped facilitate a twinning agreement between Winnipeg and Manila, with a corresponding arrangement between the University of Manitoba and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

Sometimes, other government bodies enter into a " twinning " relationship, such as the agreement between the provinces of Hainan in China and Jeju-do in South Korea.

The first recorded modern twinning agreement was between Keighley and Poix-du-Nord, Nord, France in 1920 following the end of World War I.

In August 2006 Bayerisch Eisenstein and Železná Ruda signed a twinning agreement

In 2011 they signed a twinning agreement with FC Barcelona of Spain, which proposes USAP to be promoted through FC Barcelona.

Breuillet has town twinning and cooperation agreement with:

The Diocese has a twinning agreement with the Presbytery of Lothian of the Church of Scotland ( which covers Midlothian and East Lothian in South-East Scotland ).

The City of Edinburgh has entered into 11 international twinning arrangements since 1954.

The party has close links with Plaid Cymru ( their partner in the EFA ) including a twinning arrangement with Plaid's Blaenau Gwent branch, and to a lesser extent with the SNP.

The city of Poznań has international twinning arrangements with the English county of Nottinghamshire.

The town of Bayreuth has twinning partnerships with the following towns:

This area has twinning with the following:

There are plans for further twinning of the highway from Lake Louise to Kamloops, although a completion date has not been set.

The London Borough of Hackney has formal twinning arrangements with:

Lambeth also has twinning arrangements with Bluefields in Nicaragua ; Moskvoretsky in Russia ( although this is abeyance since changes to the city government of Moscow ); Brooklyn, New York in the United States ; Shinjuku in Japan ; and Spanish Town in Jamaica.

Wallingford has formal town twinning links with Luxeuil-les-Bains, France and Bad Wurzach, Germany ; and informal links with Wallingford, Connecticut, United States.

La Crosse has town twinning relationships with six foreign towns and cities:

The Japanese Shogun made him a samurai ( warrior ), he is significant to Medway because this has led to the twinning with Yokosuka and Ito.

The twinning has proved to be successful.

The Pays de Racan twinning has brought about, amongst other activities, reciprocal rugby match trips.

The Agglomération d ' Évry has twinning pacts with Kayes in Mali ; and the refugee camp of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.

Izumo has a town twinning relationship with the following cities.

Haslemere has embraced the European project through its twinning:

In recent years, work has been focused on twinning existing routes into divided highways rather than establishing new corridors.

Bridgend has twinning arrangements with:

Prenzlau has twinning relationships with:

Regular twinning activity was sustained for over 20 years, but has now lapsed.

Due to its desirability as a commuter town in recent years, the town has grown considerably in the past few decades, the most noticeable recent addition being the ' Bovis Estate ' ( circa 1990 ), informally named after the housing firm that constructed there ; its main road is Luynes Rise, named due to the town's twinning with Luynes ( near Tours ) in France.

Since 1989 Penrith has had a twinning arrangement with the Australian city named after it in New South Wales.

Wicklow has town twinning agreements with:

There has been some discussing in twinning it to a four-lane expressway or freeway, although those discussions have stalled due to local controversy.

Route 11 has recently been identified for major upgrades following completion of the twinning project on the Trans-Canada Highway ( Route 2 ) in 2007.

It turns out the ' twinning ' of Bideford with Manteo had been established 20 years before.

Although examples of half-identical twins have been found, the exact mechanism of their conception is not well-understood, but could theoretically occur in polar body twinning where sperm cells fertilize both the ovum and the second polar body.

Herne Bay and Waltrop have been twinned since 1976, although as at February 2007, their twinning association was not in operation.

First Avenue has recently been twinning with Kagoua School in Mali, and having fundraisers to support them.

As of late 2007, the latest upgrade project of twinning 22X, the deck for the second bridge that crosses Fish Creek Provincial Park and the Bow River, has been completed ; the road is now twinned from just east of Macleod Trail to just before 52nd Street SE, east of the Deerfoot Trail.

The project originally envisioned twinning the Port Mann Bridge by building a second bridge adjacent to it but the project has been changed to building a 10-lane replacement bridge, claimed to be the widest in Canada, and demolishing the original bridge.