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
Prominent Warsaw architecture firm JSK Architekci has been selected to design the air traffic control tower at Poland's planned new mega-airport, officials have announced. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerhard G. from Pixabay The new airport is part of a major infrastructure project known as the Solidarity Transport Hub (CPK), which is expected to be built between the capital Warsaw and the central city of Łódź to integrate air, rail
The results of Poland's October 15 parliamentary elections and nationwide referendum should be known by noon on Tuesday, the head of the country’s election authority has said. Sylwester Marciniak (centre), the head of Poland's State Electoral Commission (PKW)PKW Sylwester Marciniak made the declaration in an interview with state news agency PAP, published on Thursday morning. The head of
The reintroduction of checks on Poland’s southern border with Slovakia has improved "the migration situation" in the area, a Polish deputy interior minister has said. Checks on Poland's border with Slovakia at Barwinek.PAP/Darek Delmanowicz Maciej Wąsik made the assessment in an interview with public broadcaster Polish Radio on Wednesday morning. The deputy interior minister said "the situation at
The Polish government has signed an agreement with the Baltic port of Gdańsk for the construction of a grain terminal, the farm minister has said. Photo:Zala, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Robert Telus announced the project at a meeting with voters in the south-central town of Przysucha on Monday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. The farm
Poland is sending three more diplomats to help oversee the evacuation of Polish citizens from war-torn Israel, the Polish foreign minister said on Monday, adding that the evacuation operation could also take place through Jordan. Polish tourists evacuated from war-torn Israel land at Warsaw's Okęcie airport on Monday, October 9, 2023.PAP/Leszek Szymański Zbigniew Rau briefed journalists about the conflict in Israel at a news
Tensions in Polish political life are such that even organising a fair and balanced debate is a minefield. Will such a debate take place before the 15 October elections? 2015 general election debate in Poland. PAP/Jacek Turczyk Although Polish electoral law requires public television to organise a debate before national elections, public debates have become a political minefield. Polish
Poland rejected a joint statement on migration at the conclusion of the European Union's informal summit in Granada, Spain, on Friday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. Mateusz Morawiecki PAP/Radek Pietruszka Speaking to reporters after the summit ended in the southern Spanish city, Morawiecki said: "The EU summit, with illegal immigration as a leading topic, has come to an end
Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has praised the new Comprehensive Combat Field Simulation System now available to the Polish Army, hailing it as a pivotal advancement in fortifying the military's capabilities. A tank equipped with a comprehensive laser battlefield simulation system during the presentation at the Drawsko Pomorskie training ground in northwestern Poland on Friday. Photo: PAP/Marcin Bielecki Observing soldiers
