Poland is reinstating temporary checks on the border with Slovakia to prevent an influx of illegal migrants, the Polish interior minister said on Tuesday. Photo:PAP/Darek Delmanowicz Mariusz Kamiński announced the measure at a news conference in Warsaw, Polish state news agency PAP reported. The interior minister said: “The government has made a decision to resume temporary checks on the border
The Polish foreign minister has said that the German government is seeking to avoid compensating Poland for World War II by repeating that the matter is closed and that the present German state has nothing to do with Hitler’s Germany. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau.PAP/Darek Delmanowicz Zbigniew Rau made the statement in an interview with the Sieci weekly, published on Monday,
NATO’s secretary general has said he is confident Poland will continue to support Ukraine’s war effort against the Russian invasion after the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for October 15. The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Jens Stoltenberg made the comment in an interview with the Reuters news agency on
The Polish government will modernise highway strips for use by the air force, to strengthen Poland’s defence capabilities, the defence minister has said. Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak attends an air force exercise in northern Poland on Friday, September 29, 2023.gov.pl Mariusz Błaszczak made the declaration in the northern town of Wielbark on Friday, public broadcaster Polish
Poland will uphold its opposition to the European Union’s plan to relocate migrants between member states at the bloc’s informal summit in Spain next week, the prime minister has said. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki meets reporters in Warsaw on Friday, September 29, 2023.PAP/Albert Zawada Mateusz Morawiecki made the declaration at a news conference in Warsaw on
Nearly half of Poles have welcomed top officials’ statements that the country is no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine, Poland’s PAP news agency reported on Wednesday. The Polish-made Krab gun howitzer used by Ukraine.HSW Quoting a recent poll by IBRiS, the agency wrote that 47.2 % of those surveyed hailed the prime minister’s recent declaration that Poland
Poland has been named the host country for the 2027 men’s volleyball World Championships, and will seek to host the 2036 summer Olympic Games, the country’s president and prime minister have said. Polish President Andrzej Duda (centre) announces that Poland will launch a bid to host the 2036 summer Olympic Games, at the European Sports and
A diplomatic blunder was committed in the Canadian parliament as a Ukrainian former SS Galizien volunteer received a standing ovation as a "Ukrainian Hero" from the Canadian lower house, including Prime Minister Trudeau and guest Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky and Trudeau in the Canadian Parliament. Photo: PAP/PA/Patrick Doyle Canada has been forced to issue hasty apologies after a failure
The Polish government is set to enlarge the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the northwestern port of Świnoujście in 2024, raising its storage capacity to some 500,000 cubic metres of LNG, according to news outlets. Photo:gaz-system.pl The government will expand the Lech Kaczyński LNG Terminal in Świnoujście by opening a third LNG-storage container, the biznesalert.pl website reported. Work
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded honours to two Polish volunteers, for their support for Ukrainian people amid the Russian invasion. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (C) presents state awards to Polish citizens: journalist Bianka Zalewska (R) and volunteer medic Damian Duda (L).Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine / https://www.president.gov.ua/en The volunteers were journalist Bianka Zalewska
