Polish President Karol Nawrocki met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Friday, renewing an invitation for the pontiff to visit Poland. Polish President Karol Nawrocki and Pope Leo meet at the Vatican on Friday.Photo: EPA/VATICAN MEDIA HANDOUT Nawrocki, accompanied by First Lady Marta Nawrocka and two of their children, was received at the Apostolic Palace before
Poland has handed a protest note to the Russian Embassy following the crash and explosion of a drone in Osiny, Łuków County, on the night of 19–20 August, the Polish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Paweł Wroński said on Thursday, 21 August. Paweł Wroński, spokesperson for the Polish Ministry of Foreign AffairsPhoto: PAP/Paweł Supernak The ministry described the incident
Poland will file a diplomatic protest after a drone carrying explosives exploded in a cornfield near the eastern village of Osiny, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has announced. Radosław SikorskiTomasz Jastrzebowski/REPORTER Writing on X (formerly Twitter), the head of Polish diplomacy said the incident represented “another violation of our airspace from the East” and
Around 850,000 PLN (€200,000) a day – that is the cost to Polish taxpayers for just one day of President Nawrocki’s administration, with some of his staff positions already being paid for before he was officially sworn in on 6 August. Poland’s newly elected President Karol Nawrocki at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw during the swearing-in
A 27-year-old Belarusian citizen has been charged with working for a foreign intelligence service and preparing acts of sabotage in eastern Poland, prosecutors said on Monday. The National Public Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw. Photo: Paweł Supernak/PAP The man, identified only as Vitalij S. under Polish privacy laws, was allegedly preparing to set fire to a warehouse in the
A cyberattack could have cut off the water supply to one of Poland’s largest cities, but authorities stopped it in time, a deputy prime minister said on Thursday. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski.Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who also serves as digital affairs minister, would not disclose which city
Poland’s sports minister on Thursday urged European soccer governing body UEFA to swiftly sanction Israel’s Maccabi Haifa after its supporters displayed an anti-Polish banner and defaced a national flag during a Europa Conference League qualifier in Hungary. Fans during Wednesday’s match against Raków Częstochowa in Debrecen, Hungary.Photo: PAP/Waldemar Deska Fans of the Israeli club held up a
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki said on Friday he would push for a cross-party deal to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP, as the country marked Armed Forces Day with one of its largest military parades in years. Polish President Karol Nawrocki speaking at the Armed Forces Day military parade.Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz Speaking before thousands of troops
Polish government ministers will meet with President Karol Nawrocki on August 27 to discuss public finances and a range of political and economic priorities, an official said on Thursday. The Polish Presidential Palace in Warsaw.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka Paweł Szefernaker, Nawrocki’s chief of staff, announced the date after the president met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk to discuss Poland's stance
Over half of Polish citizens favor expanding presidential authority over that of the prime minister, according to polling conducted by the Pollster Research Institute for the "Super Express" newspaper. Polish President Karol Nawrocki.Photo: PAP/Marcin Gadomski The survey results emerge as President Karol Nawrocki's office signals plans to initiate discussions on redistributing government powers. The polling data shows 52
