A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is facing severe charges in Poland, including inciting espionage and directing criminal threats against a Polish citizen. Photo:pxhere.com/CC0 Public Domain If convicted, he could face a minimum of eight years in prison and up to life imprisonment. The suspect, identified only as Oleksandr D., was detained in early March by Polish Homeland Security and
Poland will reinstate a 200-metre buffer zone at its eastern border with Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, after a soldier was seriously injured in an attack by illegal migrants the previous day. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (centre) speaks during a visit to the country's border with Belarus on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.Photo: PAP/Artur Reszko A Polish soldier from the 1st
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to investing €300 million in Poland's satellite program, EIB President Nadia Calviño announced. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and the head of the European Investment Bank, Nadia Calviño.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański The investment is part of the EIB's new action plan for security and defense. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk praised the agreement,
Over half of Poles believe that in the event of an armed conflict, a travel ban should be imposed on military-age men, the PAP news agency has reported. Boundary marker at the Poland-Belarus border in the village of Ozierany Wielkie, May 2024. Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak 54.4% of respondents agreed, with 20.9% strongly supporting the idea of preventing Polish
The Polish Prime Minister has unveiled large-scale plans for air defense and deterrence, pledging to invest billions in security on the eastern border, the PAP news agency reported on Saturday. PM Donald Tusk speaking at a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the WWII Battle of Monte Cassino, Kraków, May 18, 2024Photo: PAP/Art Service Donald Tusk made
Warsaw's Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has vowed to do “everything possible” to save jobs and support merchants following the devastating fire at Marywilska 44 shopping hall. Marywilska 44.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański During a press conference on Friday, Trzaskowski announced plans to rebuild and implement interim solutions to help affected businesses. "We are working to bring about the possibility of rebuilding the hall
A Polish judge with access to military secrets and currently in Belarus, is now on a wanted list and faces potential international arrest on charges of espionage, according to statements from the Polish national prosecutors' office on Thursday. Tomasz Szmydt.Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz Judge Tomasz Szmydt, who earlier this month applied for asylum in Belarus, has been branded a traitor by Poland’s Prime
The Polish economy grew 1.9 percent in the first quarter of this year, after expanding 1 percent in the final quarter of 2023, the country’s statistics office said on Wednesday in a flash estimate. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The reading was slightly higher than the forecast of 1.8 percent by economists polled by state news agency PAP. The Polish statistics office is expected to report full first-quarter data on June 3. Poland's gross
Poland would not be accepting any migrants under the newly approved EU migration pact, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. Illustrative photo.Kiro Popov/ Shutterstock This stance comes as Poland, along with Slovakia and Hungary, voted against the pact which aims to address and regulate migration issues across the European Union. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Tusk highlighted that although the migration
An investigation into spending on the anti-war campaign #StopRussiaNow by Poland's previous administration has raised allegations of mismanagement and possible corruption. Former PM Mateusz Morawiecki.Photo: PAP/Przemysław Piątkowski The Polish news portal Onet has reported that nearly PLN 23 million (approximately USD 6 million) allocated by the Prime Minister's Office was improperly funneled to individuals closely linked to the then ruling Law and Justice
