Warsaw’s first bike and pedestrian only bridge is scheduled for completion in April 2024, the city’s authorities have announced. The construction of Warsaw's first bike and pedestrian bridgePhoto: PAP/Paweł Supernak The 452-metres long crossing is to be among the longest foot bridges in the world, and is to connect two banks of the Vistula river. Warsaw authorities also
Poland's president will meet with political party leaders on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the formation of a new government after parliamentary elections. The Polish Presidential Palace in Warsaw.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka "I will ask all my guests the same questions, about their plans for the future, in terms of Polish politics," President Andrzej Duda said, adding he is to focus on
The United States is concerned about EU and NATO member Hungary's relationship with Russia, the US ambassador to Budapest said on Friday. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing, China, on October 17, 2023.Photo: EPA/GRIGORY SYSOEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL via PAP David Pressman was speaking after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir
Poland's Special Forces have been certified for the NATO Response Force for the third time, according to officials. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak at the ceremony in Kraków. Photo: PAP/ Łukasz Gągulski For the first time, the elite Polish forces have also been certified to command a significant defense operation. During a visit to Kraków, where the training for
Opposition leader Donald Tusk won the most votes among the new set of Polish MPs that voters elected on Sunday, news media have reported. Opposition leader Donald Tusk casts his ballot in Sunday's vote.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański Tusk, a former prime minister and former European Union president, garnered 538,634 votes while running for the lower house of parliament in the capital Warsaw. Among key Polish
Germany’s major machinery makers NSH and DMG Mori continue to sell their products in Russia, despite the Kremlin’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) outlet. Pixabay license.Image by Dmitrii Bardadim from Pixabay A spokesperson for the Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheidt (NSH) Group told RND that the company “completely halted its economic activity in the Russian
Around 28,900 people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Polish border guards said on Monday. Photo:Polish Border Guard/twitter.com/Straz_Graniczna Since February 24, 2022, when Russia invaded its neighbour, 16.57 million people have crossed into Poland from Ukraine, according to the Polish Border Guard agency. Meanwhile, 14.96 million people have left Poland for Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, the agency said. On
Poland’s president has thanked compatriots for voting in large numbers in Sunday’s parliamentary elections and said that the results of the vote should be announced by noon on Tuesday. Polish President Andrzej Duda talks to reporters in Rome on Monday, October 16, 2023.KPRP/Marek Borawski Andrzej Duda made the statement in Rome on Monday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. Poland's head of
The Polish president has officially launched an electronic barrier built along the country’s border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad as part of efforts to strengthen national security. Andrzej Duda unveiled the barrier at its control centre in the northeastern town of Kętrzyn on Friday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński accompanied the president during the
Around 25,800 people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Polish border guards said on Friday. Photo:Polish Border Guard/twitter.com/Straz_Graniczna Since February 24, 2022, when Russia invaded its neighbour, nearly 16.5 million people have crossed into Poland from Ukraine, according to the Polish Border Guard agency. Meanwhile, almost 14.9 million people have left Poland for Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, the agency said. On
